Hypertext Webster Gateway: "retch"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Retch \Retch\, v. t. & i. [See {Reck}.]
To care for; to heed; to reck. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Retch \Retch\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Retched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Retching}.] [AS. hr?can to clear the throat, hawk, fr. hraca
throat; akin to G. rachen, and perhaps to E. rack neck.]
To make an effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting.
[Written also {reach}.]
Beloved Julia, hear me still beseeching! (Here he grew
inarticulate with retching.) --Byron.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
retch
n : an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting; "a bad case of
the heaves" [syn: {heave}]
v 1: eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After
drinking too much, the students vomited" [syn: {vomit},
{vomit up}, {cast}, {sick}, {cat}, {regurgitate}, {be
sick}, {disgorge}, {regorge}, {puke}, {barf}, {spew}, {spue},
{chuck}, {upchuck}, {honk}, {throw up}] [ant: {keep
down}]
2: make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit [syn:
{gag}, {heave}]
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