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Webster 1913 Edition
Retch
Retch
(rĕch or rēch; 277)
, Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Retched
(rĕcht)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Retching
.] [AS.
hræcan
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
(Here he grew inarticulate with
retching
.) Byron.
Webster 1828 Edition
Retch
RETCH
,Verb.
I.
To make an effort to vomit; to heave; as the stomach; to strain, as in vomiting; properly to reach.
Definition 2024
retch
retch
English
Alternative forms
- reach (archaic, or, dialectal)
Verb
retch (third-person singular simple present retches, present participle retching, simple past and past participle retched)
- To make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting.
- Byron
- Here he grew inarticulate with retching.
- Byron
Translations
To make an effort to vomit
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Noun
retch (plural retches)
- An unsuccessful effort to vomit.
Translations
an unsuccessful effort to vomit
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