retch in English

noun

1

a movement or sound of vomiting.

Rayne finished retching up the small amount of food quickly, but continued dry, racking retches for several seconds.

verb

1

make the sound and movement of vomiting.

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.

synonyms: gag, heave, almost vomit

noun

• heave

verb

• gag, heave, almost vomit
• heave, gag
• be sick, disgorge, spue, purge, spew, cast, barf, chuck, vomit, throw up, upchuck, cat, sick, puke, regorge, honk, regurgitate

Use "retch" in a sentence

1. The smell made me retch.

2. The smell made her retch.

3. The strange smell made me retch.

4. The sight of blood makes him retch.

5. The foul smell of his body made me retch.

6. To cause to choke, retch, or undergo a regurgitative spasm.

7. As always, the gin made him shudder and even retch slightly.

8. The smell from the creek was enough to make you retch.

9. He wants to retch but he does not want to make a sound.

10. Barf Meaning: "to vomit or retch,"1960, American English slang, probably imitative

11. I fled back to the privacy of my own room to retch and vomit.

12. He gave a loud moan and with a sudden retch, vomited all over the floor.

13. The sunlight was too bright and the cabin too smelly - anything could make me retch.

14. 21 synonyms for Barf: vomit, vomitus, puke, be sick, puke, regorge, retch, sick, throw up, upchuck, vomit

15. I followed one up the motorway just yesterday and it was all I could do to not retch.

16. She's trembling violently and she starts to retch, leaning against me for support as the heaving racks her.

17. But not as sick as Vicky, who every morning now staggered up to retch helplessly into the slop bucket.

18. I bow over the toilet to retch but reverse away fast as last night's urine smells like cat shit this morning.