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Retch

noun
1.
An involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting.  Synonym: heave.






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"Retch" Quotes from Famous Books



... is scarcely possible to convey the extraordinary disgust which the sight of these human slugs bred in me; nor, could I, do I think I would; for were I successful, then would others be like to retch even as I did, the spasm coming on without premonition, and born of very horror. And then, suddenly, even as I stared, sick with loathing and apprehension, there came into view, not a fathom below my feet, a face like to the face which had peered up into my own ...
— The Boats of the "Glen Carrig" • William Hope Hodgson



Words linked to "Retch" :   keep down, egest, chuck, eliminate, excrete, pass, spasm, cast



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