Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An effort to vomit.
- noun Hawking, or clearing of the throat.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
retch .
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Examples
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I agree, the version that Working linked to with the actual dialogue and retching is even more compelling viewing.
World's biggest zit or alien baby destroyed in the nick of time? Tyler 2009
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Just as I was about to yawn, stretch, and admit that my finely tuned cerebral powers were on hiatus, I heard a kind of retching moan.
DearlyDevotedDexter 2005
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They believe that the Greek word lugx, which Thucydides uses in his description of symptoms and which had previously been translated as "retching" or "dry heaving," may have been the word for hiccup.
Ancient Ebola Virus? 1996
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When the retching subsides his nostrils clog, and they whistle as he breaths through them.
The bit with the bear attack (novel excerpt) Steve Himmer 2011
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The rest of the Deltas smiled as they heard his retching.
Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011
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On a first date, one woman landed in the hospital with an IV, retching from "psychosomatic" abdominal pain.
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I fell to my knees and gagged, retching three times before he jerked me to my feet.
Darkness Becomes Her Kelly Keaton 2011
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The sound of retching and the smell of alcohol laced vomit are overpowering, and he and Diana gingerly step around the growing puddle.
A Prayer to the Porcelain God Hugh Barlow 2011
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Jaymie heard the retching and came in to find me curled around the toilet leg.
Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011
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Reluctantly, and in fear of the retching odor, Dolores peered down the dim space cautiously.
Sick Day Emily Smith-Miller 2011
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