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How to pronounce retch in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms gag, heave
Type Words
Synonyms heave
Type of spasm
Type Words
Synonyms barf, be sick, cast, cat, chuck, disgorge, honk, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up
Type of egest, eliminate, excrete, pass

Examples of retch

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What does a very funny writer do whose laughter is always choking into a retch?
From the time.com
In fact, the colour mustard now made me retch, so I had to abandon the bike.
From the guardian.co.uk
Even though it makes me physically retch, I have to say I agree with Ambon.
From the guardian.co.uk
It makes me retch, and has made going to the dentist very difficult for me.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
A separate system sprays a noxious compound that makes people retch, vomit and pass out.
From the thenewstribune.com
By his learned knowledge, he was able to retch out what he had studied.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The movie made me retch the first time I saw it in the theatre in 2002.
From the forbes.com
From that set of negatives, they deduct the first of the Boomer wave reaching 65 and retch.
From the ocregister.com
They start with a spinning black penny, retch-inducing smells, impaired thought and speech.
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
  • Heave: an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting; "a bad case of the heaves"
  • Vomit: eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night"
  • Gag: make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit
  • Retching is a process in the human body where gastric (and sometimes duodenal) contents are forced into the oesophagus, but do not enter the pharynx. Retching usually precedes vomiting, when the upper esophageal sphincter remains closed. ...