retch

retch

to make efforts to vomit
Not to be confused with:wretch – an unfortunate or unhappy person

retch

R0190600 (rĕch)v. retched, retch·ing, retch·es v.intr. To try to vomit.v.tr. To vomit.

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[Alteration of Middle English rechen, from Old English hrǣcan, to clear the throat, spit, bring up (phlegm).]

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retch n.

retch

(rɛtʃ; riːtʃ) vb1. (Physiology) (intr) to undergo an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting; heave2. (Physiology) to vomitn (Physiology) an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting[Old English hrǣcan; related to Old Norse hrǣkja to spit]

retch

(rɛtʃ)

v.i. to make efforts to vomit. [1540–50; variant of reach, Old English hrǣcan to clear the throat (not recorded in Middle English), derivative of hrāca a clearing of the throat; compare Old Norse hrǣkja to hawk, spit]

retch

, wretch - Retch is the verb to vomit or gag; wretch is a noun for a pitiable person.See also related terms for vomit.

retch

Past participle: retched
Gerund: retching

Imperative
retch
retch

Present
I retch
you retch
he/she/it retches
we retch
you retch
they retch

Preterite
I retched
you retched
he/she/it retched
we retched
you retched
they retched

Present Continuous
I am retching
you are retching
he/she/it is retching
we are retching
you are retching
they are retching

Present Perfect
I have retched
you have retched
he/she/it has retched
we have retched
you have retched
they have retched

Past Continuous
I was retching
you were retching
he/she/it was retching
we were retching
you were retching
they were retching

Past Perfect
I had retched
you had retched
he/she/it had retched
we had retched
you had retched
they had retched

Future
I will retch
you will retch
he/she/it will retch
we will retch
you will retch
they will retch

Future Perfect
I will have retched
you will have retched
he/she/it will have retched
we will have retched
you will have retched
they will have retched

Future Continuous
I will be retching
you will be retching
he/she/it will be retching
we will be retching
you will be retching
they will be retching

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been retching
you have been retching
he/she/it has been retching
we have been retching
you have been retching
they have been retching

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been retching
you will have been retching
he/she/it will have been retching
we will have been retching
you will have been retching
they will have been retching

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been retching
you had been retching
he/she/it had been retching
we had been retching
you had been retching
they had been retching

Conditional
I would retch
you would retch
he/she/it would retch
we would retch
you would retch
they would retch

Past Conditional
I would have retched
you would have retched
he/she/it would have retched
we would have retched
you would have retched
they would have retched

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	retch - an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting; "a bad case of the heaves"heavespasm - (pathology) sudden constriction of a hollow organ (as a blood vessel)
Verb	1.	retch - eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night"barf, be sick, puke, regorge, sick, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up, disgorge, cat, spue, spew, regurgitate, chuck, honk, purge, castegest, excrete, eliminate, pass - eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone"
	2.	retch - make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomitgag, heave

retch

verb gag, be sick, vomit, regurgitate, chuck (Austral. & N.Z. informal), throw up (informal), spew, heave, puke (slang), disgorge, barf (U.S. slang), chunder (slang, chiefly Austral.), upchuck (U.S. slang), do a technicolour yawn (slang), toss your cookies (U.S. slang) The smell made me retch.

Translations

avere conati di vomito