retch /ɹɛt͡ʃ/verb 3noun 1forms 4 verb3 •To make or experience an unsuccessful effort to vomit; to strain or spasm, as if to vomit; to gag or nearly vomit.Here he grew inarticulate with retching. — 1819 •To vomit; to make or experience a successful effort to vomit.[…] in a couple of hours they were seized with violent retching; the contents of their stomachs were mixed with blood, mucus, and froth. — 1836 •(no longer used) To reck. noun1 •An unsuccessful effort to vomit. formsretched · raught · retching · retches
