verb
- to make the sound and movement of vomiting without actually vomiting
noun
- an act or sound of retching
Examples
- The smell of rotten eggs made him retch.
- She began to retch after seeing the gruesome scene.
- The medicine’s bitter taste caused her to retch.
- He tried to suppress the urge to retch during the bumpy car ride.
- The patient gave a violent retch but nothing came up.
- Each retch was more painful than the last.