Sekirov Dictionary

dry-heave

noun 1
verb 1
forms 6

noun1

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An attempt to vomit that ejects only gas.
- She spent three days in the college infirmary trying to contain her overwhelming feelings of nausea and despair. Every morning for months, she would awake with the dry heaves. — 1980

verb1

•
To attempt to vomit with the ejection of only gas.
- I followed as he hobbled toward the bathroom, and my father barely made it to the toilet before he started dry-heaving, knees spread on the tile. — 2020

forms

dry heaved · dry-heaved · dry heaving · dry-heaving · dry heaves · dry-heaves

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