Defenition of the word retch

• Defenition of the word retch

  • To regurgitate the contents of the stomach.
  • To make a effort to vomit.
  • eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"
  • an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting; "a bad case of the heaves"
  • 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"
  • make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit
  • an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting
  • eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth

Synonyms for the word retch

• • barf
  • be sick
  • cast
  • cat
  • chuck
  • disgorge
  • gag
  • heave
  • honk
  • puke
  • regorge
  • regurgitate
  • sick
  • spew
  • spue
  • throw up
  • upchuck
  • vomit
  • vomit up

Similar words in the retch

• • retch
  • retched
  • retches
  • retching

Hypernyms for the word retch

• • egest
  • eliminate
  • excrete
  • pass
  • spasm

Antonyms for the word retch

• • keep down

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