Sound Effect ♬♬♬♬♬♬to behave and sound as if you are being sick (=bringing food and drink up from your stomach and out through your mouth), without in fact doing this
The disgustingsmell made me retch.
Synonyms and related words
Feeling sick and vomiting
airsick
barf
bilious
retch
verb intransitive
US /retʃ/
Word Forms
present tense
I/you/we/they
retch
he/she/it
retches
present participle
retching
past tense
retched
past participle
retched
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Sound Effect ♬♬♬♬♬♬to behave and sound as if you are being sick (=bringing food and drink up from your stomach and out through your mouth), without in fact doing this