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retch |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Retch \Retch\, v. t. & i. [See {Reck}.] To care for to heed; to reck. [Obs.] --Chaucer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Retch \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: retch v : eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much the students vomited" [syn: {vomit}, {vomit up}, {cast}, {sick}, {cat}, {regurgitate}, {be sick}, {disgorge}, {regorge}, {puke}, {barf}, {spew}, {spue}, {chuck}, {upchuck}, {honk}, {throw up}] [ant: {keep down}]
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