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Retch   Listen
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Retch  v. i.  (past & past part. retched; pres. part. retching)  (Written also reach)  To make an effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting. "Beloved Julia, hear me still beseeching! (Here he grew inarticulate with retching.)"






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"Retch" Quotes from Famous Books



... me, yes, they left me. I wasent the man, but some awdacious retch had sot 'em on tellin ...
— Punchinello, Vol. II., No. 33, November 12, 1870 • Various

... dress. roar, to make a loud noise. rough (ruf), uneven. row'er, one who rows. retch, to vomit. sail, a sheet of canvas. wretch, a miserable person. sale, the act of selling. rode, did ride. seen, beheld. road, a way; route. scene, a view. rowed, did row. seine, a net for fishing. room, an apartment. slay, to kill. rheum, a serous fluid. sleigh, a vehicle on runners. ...
— McGuffey's Eclectic Spelling Book • W. H. McGuffey



Words linked to "Retch" :   egest, sick, spew, excrete, pass, vomit up, chuck, vomit, regorge, regurgitate, cast, disgorge, eliminate, heave, cat, purge, puke, throw up, upchuck, be sick



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