Retch

Definitions: Retch

Retch

Noun

1. An involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting; "a bad case of the heaves".

Verb

1. Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited".

2. Make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit.

Date "retch" was first used: 1548. (references)

Synonyms: Retch

Synonyms: barf (v), be sick (v), cast (v), cat (v), chuck (v), disgorge (v), gag (v), heave (v), honk (v), puke (v), regorge (v), regurgitate (v), sick (v), spew (v), spue (v), throw up (v), upchuck (v), vomit (v), vomit up (v). (additional references)

Antonym: keep down (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Ejection	Vomit, throw up, regurgitate, spew, puke, keck, retch, heave, upchuck, chuck up, barf; belch out; cast up, bring up, be sick, get sick, worship the porcelain god.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Retch

English words defined with "retch": choke ♦ gag ♦ Keck ♦ Retched, Retching. (references)

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Dey retch an' stretch todes one nuther.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Play	Caption
	Vomit; regurgitate; regurgitating; barf; be seasick; be sick; belch; bring up; disgorge; dry heave; emit; expel; gag; heave; hurl; keck; lose it; puke; regurgitate; retch; ruminate; spew; spit up; throw up; upchuck.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Retch" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 70.37% of the time. "Retch" is used about 27 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	70.37%	19	80,337
Noun (singular)	18.52%	5	157,705
Lexical Verb (base form)	11.11%	3	202,518
Total	100.00%	27	N/A

Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "retch": Vetch-retch.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "retch"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		vjellje (eructation, spew, vomit), më vjen për të vjellë (feel sick, throw up). (various references)

Arabic		‏حاول التقيؤ, ‏تقيأ (disgorge, gag, heave, puke, regurgitate, reject, spew, throw up, upchuck, vomit). (various references)

Bulgarian		гадене (nausea, qualm, queasiness, queerness, retching, sickness), гади ми се (nauseate, sicken, wamble), повдигане (boost, heave, levitation, lift, lifting, nausea, promotion, queasiness, queerness, retching, rising, taking up, uptake), повдига ми се (feel nauseated, feel sick, heave, nauseate). (various references)

Czech		zvracet (be sick, fetch up, heave, spew, vomit). (various references)

Farsi		قی کردن (Cat, Regurgitate, Spew, Vomit), اوغ زدن . (various references)

French		haut-le-cœur, avoir un haut le cœur, avoir des haut-le-cœur. (various references)

German		würgen (choke, gulp, strangle, struggle, throttle, to choke, to retch). (various references)

Greek		ρεύομαι (belch, bring up wind, burp, eructate), προσπαθώ να εμέσω. (various references)

Hebrew		להתאמץ להקיא, קיא (puke, vomit). (various references)

Hungarian		öklendezés, hányinger (feeling of sickness, nausea, retching), émelygés (nausea, qualm, queasiness, rising of the stomach, sickness, squeamishness, surfeit). (various references)

Italian		rutto (belch, burp, eructation), vomitare (disgorge, spew, throw, throw up, vomit), conato di vomito (Keck), avere conati di vomito (heave, Keck). (various references)

Manx		bolkey. (various references)

Pig Latin		etchray

Portuguese		fazer esforço para vomitar. (various references)

Romanian		râgâi (belch, keck), avea greţuri. (various references)

Russian		рыгать (belch, burp, eructate, keck), рвота (puke, retching, spew, vomit). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		zgaditi se (disgust, make his gorge rise, sicken), gađenje (disgust, loathing, nausea, qualmishness, queasiness, scunner). (various references)

Spanish		vomitar fácilmente (spue), esforzarse para vomitar, dar a uno arcadas. (various references)

Swedish		vilja kräkas (keck), kräkningsreflex. (various references)

Turkish		kusmağa çalışmak, öğürmek (gag, heave, keck). (various references)

Ukranian		блювота (puke, vomit), блювати (belch, cascade, keck, puke, sick up, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "retch": retched, retches, retching. (additional references)
	Words ending with "retch": backstretch, homestretch, outstretch, overstretch, stretch, wretch. (additional references)
	Words containing "retch": backstretches, homestretches, outstretched, outstretches, outstretching, overstretched, overstretches, overstretching, stretchabilities, stretchability, stretchable, stretched, stretcher, stretchers, stretches, stretchier, stretchiest, stretching, stretchy, wretched, wretcheder, wretchedest, wretchedly, wretchedness, wretchednesses, wretches. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Retch" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: artch, Artech, Bretch, fratch, Getech, gratch, gretschy, kretch, Pretsch, Ractech, rauch, rech, recht, rect, reech, reetch, Reetha, Rench, Rentco, reoch, reth, rethe, retic, Revtech, riech, Ritche, ritchs, Ritech, rith, roch, rotc, Rtecs, Ruetschi, tetch, tretch, vretch. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: chert.
	Words within the letters "c-e-h-r-t"
	-1 letter: etch.
	-2 letters: eth, her, het, rec, ret, the.
	-3 letters: eh, er, et, he, re.
	Words containing the letters "c-e-h-r-t"
	+1 letter: cherts, cherty, cither, etcher, hector, rachet, rochet, rotche, thrice, tocher, trench, troche, wretch.
	+2 letters: batcher, botcher, brachet, butcher, catcher, chanter, chapter, charted, charter, chaster, chatter, cheater, cheroot, chetrum, chitter, chortle, chunter, cithern, cithers, cithren, couther, crochet, ditcher, erethic, etchers, etheric, fetcher, hatcher, hectare, hectors, heretic, hitcher, itchier, matcher, notcher, patcher, pitcher, rachets, ratches, ratchet, rechart, recheat, rematch, repatch, retched, retches, reteach, retouch, richest, rochets, rotches, stretch, teacher, techier, theriac, thermic, thicker, tochers, torched, torches, toucher, trachea, trachle, tranche, trochee, troches, watcher, yachter.
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