1. retch - noun
· an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting; "a bad case of the heaves"
Synonym(s): heave
Hypernym(s): spasm
2. retch - verb
· 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"
Synonym(s): vomit, vomit_up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be_sick, disgorge, regorge, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw_up
Hypernym(s): excrete, egest, eliminate, pass
3. retch - verb
· make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit
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