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retch

DEFINITIONS OF: retch

1

v make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit

Synonyms:
gag, heave

v eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth

Synonyms:
barf, be sick, cast, cat, chuck, disgorge, honk, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up
Antonyms:
keep down
manage not to throw up
Type of:
egest, eliminate, excrete, pass
eliminate from the body

n an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting

Synonyms:
heave
Type of:
spasm
(pathology) sudden constriction of a hollow organ (as a blood vessel)
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