retching (verb)

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• anaesthetise — verb To render unfeeling or unconscious through the use of narcotic substances, usually either alcohol or pharmaceutical drugs. The retching may be overcome by painting or spraying the pharynx with a 2 or 4 per cent solution of cocain, or, as… …   Wiktionary

• retch — verb make the sound and movement of vomiting. noun an instance of retching. Origin C19: var. of dialect reach, from a Gmc base meaning spittle …   English new terms dictionary

• retch — verb (I) to try to vomit, or feel as if you are going to vomit when you do not: Like someone drowning, she fought for air, gasping and retching …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• retch — [[t]re̱tʃ[/t]] retches, retching, retched VERB If you retch, your stomach moves as if you are vomiting. The smell made me retch. Syn: heave …   English dictionary

• retch — UK [retʃ] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms retch : present tense I/you/we/they retch he/she/it retches present participle retching past tense retched past participle retched to behave and sound as if you are being sick (= bringing food and… …   English dictionary

• dry-retch — /draɪ ˈrɛtʃ/ (say druy rech) verb (i) to go through the motion of vomiting although one s stomach has nothing left in it to bring up. Also, dry retch. –dry retching, noun …  

• retch — /rɛtʃ / (say rech) verb (i) 1. to make the sound and spasmodic movement associated with the impulse to vomit. –noun 2. the act or an instance of retching. {Middle English, Old English hrǣcan clear the throat (from hrāca clearing of the throat) …  

• retch — ► VERB ▪ make the sound and movement of vomiting. ► NOUN ▪ an instance of retching. ORIGIN from a Germanic word meaning «spittle» …   English terms dictionary

• keck — I. ˈkek intransitive verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: imitative : to make the sounds of retching II. noun ( s) Etymology: back formation from kex (I) …   Useful english dictionary