retch
verb/retʃ/
/retʃ/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they retch | /retʃ/ /retʃ/ |
| he / she / it retches | /ˈretʃɪz/ /ˈretʃɪz/ |
| past simple retched | /retʃt/ /retʃt/ |
| past participle retched | /retʃt/ /retʃt/ |
| -ing form retching | /ˈretʃɪŋ/ /ˈretʃɪŋ/ |
- to make sounds and movements as if you are vomiting although you do not actually do so synonym heave (4)
- The smell made her retch.
Word Originmid 19th cent.: variant of dialect reach, from a Germanic base meaning ‘spittle’.Definitions on the go
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