retch

[rech] /rɛtʃ/
verb (used without object)
1.
to make efforts to vomit.
verb (used with object)
2.
to vomit.
noun
3.
the act or an instance of retching.
Origin
1540-50; variant of reach, Old English hrǣcan to clear the throat (not recorded in ME), derivative of hrāca a clearing of the throat; compare Old Norse hrǣkja to hawk, spit
Can be confused
retch, winch, wrench, wretch.
Examples from the web for retch
  • The next day, my uncles joke that they'll take me out for some more, and the suggestion is enough to make me retch again.
  • In my right hand was the bag, which alternated places with the mask, in a retch-breathe-retch-breathe pattern.
  • In fact, some of the players might wonder if they would still be on the team after such a retch-inducing outing.
British Dictionary definitions for retch

retch

/rɛtʃ; riːtʃ/
verb
1.
(intransitive) to undergo an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting; heave
2.
to vomit
noun
3.
an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting
Word Origin
Old English hrǣcan; related to Old Norse hrǣkja to spit
Word Origin and History for retch
v.

1540s, originally "to clear the throat, to cough up phlegm," from Old English hræcan "to cough up, spit" (related to hraca "phlegm"), from Proto-Germanic *khrækijanan (cf. Old High German rahhison "to clear one's throat"), of imitative origin (cf. Lithuanian kregeti "to grunt"). Meaning "to make efforts to vomit" is from 1850; sense of "to vomit" is first attested 1888. Related: Retched; retching.

retch in Medicine

retch (rěch)
v. retched, retch·ing, retch·es
To try to vomit.