Definition of retch in English:

retch

verb rɛtʃrɛtʃ

[no object]

1Make the sound and movement of vomiting.
the sour taste in her mouth made her retch
Example sentencesExamples
- In my room, I did what I could of my homework, until the urge to retch was too strong.
- I tasted bile and retched again, my stomach jerking agonizingly.
- But the air was suddenly clean and clear and he was coughing so much he almost retched and Abby was coughing, too, sounding like she had pneumonia.
- And suddenly a wave of nausea hit him, so that he had to lean his head against the side of the car and retch.
- Ray had to cover her mouth and nose, trying to prevent herself from retching as the smell reached her sensitive nostrils.
- She was coughing and retching and her whole body was shaking in my arms.
- Bile rises within me and I retch emptily, my sight blurring as the tears begin to fall.
- Gabriel was very much awake, leaning over one side of the cot, coughing and retching as phlegm emitted from his mouth and fell to the floor.
- She had seen him sweat and shake and retch in the grip of his craving.
- I was hanging over the edge of the bed, gagging and retching, though mercifully nothing was coming out.
- Ask a 5-year-old if he wants zucchini with his dinner, and he'll probably produce retching sounds loud enough to startle the neighbors and scare the dog.
- Pain relief therefore meant pills, but Bea can't stand taking tablets - she retches, chokes and finds it virtually impossible to swallow them, and these were massive.
- The thought made her retch, though her stomach was long empty.
- Within seconds, Evin could faintly be heard retching behind the door.
- She still feels nauseous, so forces a finger down her throat but manages just a dry retch.
- Just a dry retch was all I could manage.
- In between the sounds of his gagging and retching, he sobbed wildly, gasping for breath, barely able to breathe.
- Standing up quickly, she watched the boy roll around on the floor pathetically, crying, gasping and retching.
- He began to violently retch, through nausea rather than any serious problem.
- It makes choking and gasping noises, retching and hacking and throwing itself across the grass with incredible force.
Synonyms
gag, heave, dry-heave, reach, convulse, almost vomit, have nausea, feel nauseous
informal keck
1. 1.1with object Vomit.
  he retched up a thin stream of vomit
  Example sentencesExamples
  Once he was done retching his guts out, he sunk to the floor and felt his eyes sting with tears; the full realization of his pathetic lifestyle staring him right in the face.
  For one moment, you forget whether you have come to empty your bladder or retch up the morning's breakfast.
  The unmistakable gurgle of somebody retching his breakfast into a pail was omnipresent within the room.
  He retched the contents of his stomach into the toilet.
  The fetid stink combined with the pain immediately began to make Deuce feel sick to his stomach, and on several counts he almost retched up the good pheasant meal he'd taken earlier.
  William was pleased that he had not been sick, although a few of the prisoners had spent most of the journey with their head over the side retching their empty stomachs out.
  Getting Giles into the car without hurting him wasn't easy, but the minute his head hit the back of the seat, he fell asleep, so at least she didn't have to worry about him retching his lungs out.
  James felt his stomach churn, and retched the remaining contents of alcohol in his stomach to the streets below.
  Isabella retched up the meager contents of her stomach onto the ground and returned to the camp.
  In the morning when I woke up I found Mark retching the contents of his stomach up outside the tent.
  He nodded and opened his mouth, but before he could utter a word, he became even paler, if possible and rushed out into the bathroom where I heard him retching his guts out.
  She rolled onto her side and retched up all the water she had swallowed, a strangled sob following.
  Rain came back with a plastic bowl and held it under me as I retched up whatever had been in my stomach.
  I have seen protruding bellies, working so hard to get nutrients out of food that only rests for a few minutes before being retched up again.
  She felt like retching everything inside her, but all that came was a gurgling noise and a very ragged breath.
  Synonyms
  vomit, cough up, bring something up, regurgitate
  British be sick
  North American get sick
  informal puke (something up), chunder, chuck up, hurl, spew, do the technicolor yawn
  British informal honk, sick something up
  Scottish informal boke
  North American informal spit up, barf, upchuck, toss one's cookies, blow chunks

noun rɛtʃrɛtʃ

A movement or sound of vomiting.
with a sudden retch he vomited all over the floor
Example sentencesExamples
- After the last retch, Stine forcefully bit down on his lip, as if to keep from vomiting again.
- I get up blindly and leave, and outside spit egg-and-bread into my hands, dry retches of nothing clogging my throat like the tears which keep coming.
- Rayne finished retching up the small amount of food quickly, but continued dry, racking retches for several seconds.
- I realised I didn't have food poisoning tonight as Luc spent most of the night in the bathroom with loud groans and retches.
- She still feels nauseous, so forces a finger down her throat but manages just a dry retch.
- Timothy simultaneously suppressed a gasp of terror and a retch of repulsion.

Origin

Mid 19th century: variant of dialect reach, from a Germanic base meaning 'spittle'.

Rhymes

etch, fetch, ketch, kvetch, lech, outstretch, sketch, stretch, vetch, wretch

Definition of retch in US English:

retch

verbrɛtʃreCH

[no object]

1Make the sound and movement of vomiting.
the sour taste in her mouth made her retch
Example sentencesExamples
- He began to violently retch, through nausea rather than any serious problem.
- Gabriel was very much awake, leaning over one side of the cot, coughing and retching as phlegm emitted from his mouth and fell to the floor.
- The thought made her retch, though her stomach was long empty.
- She still feels nauseous, so forces a finger down her throat but manages just a dry retch.
- She had seen him sweat and shake and retch in the grip of his craving.
- She was coughing and retching and her whole body was shaking in my arms.
- And suddenly a wave of nausea hit him, so that he had to lean his head against the side of the car and retch.
- Bile rises within me and I retch emptily, my sight blurring as the tears begin to fall.
- Ray had to cover her mouth and nose, trying to prevent herself from retching as the smell reached her sensitive nostrils.
- It makes choking and gasping noises, retching and hacking and throwing itself across the grass with incredible force.
- I tasted bile and retched again, my stomach jerking agonizingly.
- In between the sounds of his gagging and retching, he sobbed wildly, gasping for breath, barely able to breathe.
- Within seconds, Evin could faintly be heard retching behind the door.
- In my room, I did what I could of my homework, until the urge to retch was too strong.
- Just a dry retch was all I could manage.
- Ask a 5-year-old if he wants zucchini with his dinner, and he'll probably produce retching sounds loud enough to startle the neighbors and scare the dog.
- Pain relief therefore meant pills, but Bea can't stand taking tablets - she retches, chokes and finds it virtually impossible to swallow them, and these were massive.
- But the air was suddenly clean and clear and he was coughing so much he almost retched and Abby was coughing, too, sounding like she had pneumonia.
- I was hanging over the edge of the bed, gagging and retching, though mercifully nothing was coming out.
- Standing up quickly, she watched the boy roll around on the floor pathetically, crying, gasping and retching.
Synonyms
gag, heave, dry-heave, reach, convulse, almost vomit, have nausea, feel nauseous
1. 1.1 Vomit.
  he retched up a thin stream of vomit
  Example sentencesExamples
  The unmistakable gurgle of somebody retching his breakfast into a pail was omnipresent within the room.
  William was pleased that he had not been sick, although a few of the prisoners had spent most of the journey with their head over the side retching their empty stomachs out.
  Isabella retched up the meager contents of her stomach onto the ground and returned to the camp.
  He nodded and opened his mouth, but before he could utter a word, he became even paler, if possible and rushed out into the bathroom where I heard him retching his guts out.
  The fetid stink combined with the pain immediately began to make Deuce feel sick to his stomach, and on several counts he almost retched up the good pheasant meal he'd taken earlier.
  For one moment, you forget whether you have come to empty your bladder or retch up the morning's breakfast.
  She felt like retching everything inside her, but all that came was a gurgling noise and a very ragged breath.
  He retched the contents of his stomach into the toilet.
  In the morning when I woke up I found Mark retching the contents of his stomach up outside the tent.
  James felt his stomach churn, and retched the remaining contents of alcohol in his stomach to the streets below.
  She rolled onto her side and retched up all the water she had swallowed, a strangled sob following.
  I have seen protruding bellies, working so hard to get nutrients out of food that only rests for a few minutes before being retched up again.
  Getting Giles into the car without hurting him wasn't easy, but the minute his head hit the back of the seat, he fell asleep, so at least she didn't have to worry about him retching his lungs out.
  Once he was done retching his guts out, he sunk to the floor and felt his eyes sting with tears; the full realization of his pathetic lifestyle staring him right in the face.
  Rain came back with a plastic bowl and held it under me as I retched up whatever had been in my stomach.
  Synonyms
  vomit, cough up, bring something up, regurgitate

nounrɛtʃreCH

A movement or sound of vomiting.
with a sudden retch he vomited all over the floor
Example sentencesExamples
- I get up blindly and leave, and outside spit egg-and-bread into my hands, dry retches of nothing clogging my throat like the tears which keep coming.
- I realised I didn't have food poisoning tonight as Luc spent most of the night in the bathroom with loud groans and retches.
- After the last retch, Stine forcefully bit down on his lip, as if to keep from vomiting again.
- Rayne finished retching up the small amount of food quickly, but continued dry, racking retches for several seconds.
- Timothy simultaneously suppressed a gasp of terror and a retch of repulsion.
- She still feels nauseous, so forces a finger down her throat but manages just a dry retch.

Origin

Mid 19th century: variant of dialect reach, from a Germanic base meaning ‘spittle’.

单词	retch
释义	Definition of retch in English: retch verb rɛtʃrɛtʃ [no object] 1Make the sound and movement of vomiting. the sour taste in her mouth made her retch Example sentencesExamples In my room, I did what I could of my homework, until the urge to retch was too strong. I tasted bile and retched again, my stomach jerking agonizingly. But the air was suddenly clean and clear and he was coughing so much he almost retched and Abby was coughing, too, sounding like she had pneumonia. And suddenly a wave of nausea hit him, so that he had to lean his head against the side of the car and retch. Ray had to cover her mouth and nose, trying to prevent herself from retching as the smell reached her sensitive nostrils. She was coughing and retching and her whole body was shaking in my arms. Bile rises within me and I retch emptily, my sight blurring as the tears begin to fall. Gabriel was very much awake, leaning over one side of the cot, coughing and retching as phlegm emitted from his mouth and fell to the floor. She had seen him sweat and shake and retch in the grip of his craving. I was hanging over the edge of the bed, gagging and retching, though mercifully nothing was coming out. Ask a 5-year-old if he wants zucchini with his dinner, and he'll probably produce retching sounds loud enough to startle the neighbors and scare the dog. Pain relief therefore meant pills, but Bea can't stand taking tablets - she retches, chokes and finds it virtually impossible to swallow them, and these were massive. The thought made her retch, though her stomach was long empty. Within seconds, Evin could faintly be heard retching behind the door. She still feels nauseous, so forces a finger down her throat but manages just a dry retch. Just a dry retch was all I could manage. In between the sounds of his gagging and retching, he sobbed wildly, gasping for breath, barely able to breathe. Standing up quickly, she watched the boy roll around on the floor pathetically, crying, gasping and retching. He began to violently retch, through nausea rather than any serious problem. It makes choking and gasping noises, retching and hacking and throwing itself across the grass with incredible force. Synonyms gag, heave, dry-heave, reach, convulse, almost vomit, have nausea, feel nauseous informal keck 1.1with object Vomit. he retched up a thin stream of vomit Example sentencesExamples Once he was done retching his guts out, he sunk to the floor and felt his eyes sting with tears; the full realization of his pathetic lifestyle staring him right in the face. For one moment, you forget whether you have come to empty your bladder or retch up the morning's breakfast. The unmistakable gurgle of somebody retching his breakfast into a pail was omnipresent within the room. He retched the contents of his stomach into the toilet. The fetid stink combined with the pain immediately began to make Deuce feel sick to his stomach, and on several counts he almost retched up the good pheasant meal he'd taken earlier. William was pleased that he had not been sick, although a few of the prisoners had spent most of the journey with their head over the side retching their empty stomachs out. Getting Giles into the car without hurting him wasn't easy, but the minute his head hit the back of the seat, he fell asleep, so at least she didn't have to worry about him retching his lungs out. James felt his stomach churn, and retched the remaining contents of alcohol in his stomach to the streets below. Isabella retched up the meager contents of her stomach onto the ground and returned to the camp. In the morning when I woke up I found Mark retching the contents of his stomach up outside the tent. He nodded and opened his mouth, but before he could utter a word, he became even paler, if possible and rushed out into the bathroom where I heard him retching his guts out. She rolled onto her side and retched up all the water she had swallowed, a strangled sob following. Rain came back with a plastic bowl and held it under me as I retched up whatever had been in my stomach. I have seen protruding bellies, working so hard to get nutrients out of food that only rests for a few minutes before being retched up again. She felt like retching everything inside her, but all that came was a gurgling noise and a very ragged breath. Synonyms vomit, cough up, bring something up, regurgitate British be sick North American get sick informal puke (something up), chunder, chuck up, hurl, spew, do the technicolor yawn British informal honk, sick something up Scottish informal boke North American informal spit up, barf, upchuck, toss one's cookies, blow chunks noun rɛtʃrɛtʃ A movement or sound of vomiting. with a sudden retch he vomited all over the floor Example sentencesExamples After the last retch, Stine forcefully bit down on his lip, as if to keep from vomiting again. I get up blindly and leave, and outside spit egg-and-bread into my hands, dry retches of nothing clogging my throat like the tears which keep coming. Rayne finished retching up the small amount of food quickly, but continued dry, racking retches for several seconds. I realised I didn't have food poisoning tonight as Luc spent most of the night in the bathroom with loud groans and retches. She still feels nauseous, so forces a finger down her throat but manages just a dry retch. Timothy simultaneously suppressed a gasp of terror and a retch of repulsion. Origin Mid 19th century: variant of dialect reach, from a Germanic base meaning 'spittle'. Rhymes etch, fetch, ketch, kvetch, lech, outstretch, sketch, stretch, vetch, wretch Definition of retch in US English: retch verbrɛtʃreCH [no object] 1Make the sound and movement of vomiting. the sour taste in her mouth made her retch Example sentencesExamples He began to violently retch, through nausea rather than any serious problem. Gabriel was very much awake, leaning over one side of the cot, coughing and retching as phlegm emitted from his mouth and fell to the floor. The thought made her retch, though her stomach was long empty. She still feels nauseous, so forces a finger down her throat but manages just a dry retch. She had seen him sweat and shake and retch in the grip of his craving. She was coughing and retching and her whole body was shaking in my arms. And suddenly a wave of nausea hit him, so that he had to lean his head against the side of the car and retch. Bile rises within me and I retch emptily, my sight blurring as the tears begin to fall. Ray had to cover her mouth and nose, trying to prevent herself from retching as the smell reached her sensitive nostrils. It makes choking and gasping noises, retching and hacking and throwing itself across the grass with incredible force. I tasted bile and retched again, my stomach jerking agonizingly. In between the sounds of his gagging and retching, he sobbed wildly, gasping for breath, barely able to breathe. Within seconds, Evin could faintly be heard retching behind the door. In my room, I did what I could of my homework, until the urge to retch was too strong. Just a dry retch was all I could manage. Ask a 5-year-old if he wants zucchini with his dinner, and he'll probably produce retching sounds loud enough to startle the neighbors and scare the dog. Pain relief therefore meant pills, but Bea can't stand taking tablets - she retches, chokes and finds it virtually impossible to swallow them, and these were massive. But the air was suddenly clean and clear and he was coughing so much he almost retched and Abby was coughing, too, sounding like she had pneumonia. I was hanging over the edge of the bed, gagging and retching, though mercifully nothing was coming out. Standing up quickly, she watched the boy roll around on the floor pathetically, crying, gasping and retching. Synonyms gag, heave, dry-heave, reach, convulse, almost vomit, have nausea, feel nauseous 1.1 Vomit. he retched up a thin stream of vomit Example sentencesExamples The unmistakable gurgle of somebody retching his breakfast into a pail was omnipresent within the room. William was pleased that he had not been sick, although a few of the prisoners had spent most of the journey with their head over the side retching their empty stomachs out. Isabella retched up the meager contents of her stomach onto the ground and returned to the camp. He nodded and opened his mouth, but before he could utter a word, he became even paler, if possible and rushed out into the bathroom where I heard him retching his guts out. The fetid stink combined with the pain immediately began to make Deuce feel sick to his stomach, and on several counts he almost retched up the good pheasant meal he'd taken earlier. For one moment, you forget whether you have come to empty your bladder or retch up the morning's breakfast. She felt like retching everything inside her, but all that came was a gurgling noise and a very ragged breath. He retched the contents of his stomach into the toilet. In the morning when I woke up I found Mark retching the contents of his stomach up outside the tent. James felt his stomach churn, and retched the remaining contents of alcohol in his stomach to the streets below. She rolled onto her side and retched up all the water she had swallowed, a strangled sob following. I have seen protruding bellies, working so hard to get nutrients out of food that only rests for a few minutes before being retched up again. Getting Giles into the car without hurting him wasn't easy, but the minute his head hit the back of the seat, he fell asleep, so at least she didn't have to worry about him retching his lungs out. Once he was done retching his guts out, he sunk to the floor and felt his eyes sting with tears; the full realization of his pathetic lifestyle staring him right in the face. Rain came back with a plastic bowl and held it under me as I retched up whatever had been in my stomach. Synonyms vomit, cough up, bring something up, regurgitate nounrɛtʃreCH A movement or sound of vomiting. with a sudden retch he vomited all over the floor Example sentencesExamples I get up blindly and leave, and outside spit egg-and-bread into my hands, dry retches of nothing clogging my throat like the tears which keep coming. I realised I didn't have food poisoning tonight as Luc spent most of the night in the bathroom with loud groans and retches. After the last retch, Stine forcefully bit down on his lip, as if to keep from vomiting again. Rayne finished retching up the small amount of food quickly, but continued dry, racking retches for several seconds. Timothy simultaneously suppressed a gasp of terror and a retch of repulsion. She still feels nauseous, so forces a finger down her throat but manages just a dry retch. Origin Mid 19th century: variant of dialect reach, from a Germanic base meaning ‘spittle’.
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