retch : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: retch	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for retch
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
retch n an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting; "a bad case of the heaves" Synonym(s): heave, retch v eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night" Synonym(s): vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up Antonym(s): keep down make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit Synonym(s): gag, heave, retch
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Retch \Retch\, v. t. & i. [See {Reck}.] To care for; to heed; to reck. [Obs.] --Chaucer.