Meaning of RETCH
| Pronunciation: | | rech
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- [n] an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting; "a bad case of the heaves"
- [v] eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night"
- [v] make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit
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| | Synonyms: | | barf, be sick, cast, cat, chuck, disgorge, gag, heave, heave, honk, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up |
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| | Antonyms: | | keep down | | |
| | See Also: | | egest, eliminate, excrete, pass, spasm | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Retch\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Retched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Retching}.] [AS. hr?can to clear the throat, hawk, fr. hraca
throat; akin to G. rachen, and perhaps to E. rack neck.]
To make an effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting.
[Written also {reach}.]
Beloved Julia, hear me still beseeching! (Here he grew
inarticulate with retching.) --Byron.
\Retch\, v. t. & i. [See {Reck}.]
To care for; to heed; to reck. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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