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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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