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[ UK /ɹˈɛt‍ʃ/ ]
VERB
  1. eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
    The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night
    After drinking too much, the students vomited
    He purged continuously
  2. make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit
NOUN
  1. an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting
    a bad case of the heaves

How To Use retch In A Sentence

  • She huffed, stood up, arched her back in a heavyweight stretch, turned to the fountain and started in on a long, long drink.
  • Except for the frequent conferences now in the new Forty-second Street offices that commanded a view of two rivers and a vast battledoor and shuttlecock of the city, it was the first time in all those years that stretched from the night at the Waldorf that they had sat thus tête-à-tête. Star-Dust
  • They kept to the brush and trees, and invariably the man halted and peered out before crossing a dry glade or naked stretch of upland pasturage. War
  • Sophie's more casual outfit consists of a black Powerline stretch sleeveless top, Kismet's own label sarong, and an orange, multi-strand bugle bead bracelet.
  • But when it is warm, the rubber is pliable and retains high elasticity, even when being stretched hard.
  • All the miracle of sails; the steady foresail; the sensitive jibs; the press canvas delicate as bubbles; the reliable main; the bluff topsails; topgallants like eager horses; the impertinent skysails; the jaunty moonraker, were just canvas stretched on poles. The Wind Bloweth
  • A fisherman's son opened this beachside restaurant, which stretches down into the sand. Times, Sunday Times
  • Migration into the cities is putting a strain on already stretched resources.
  • Get up and stretch when on long journeys such as on a coach or plane.
  • The court sought to stretch modest finite resources so far as possible to meet the parties' needs. Times, Sunday Times
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