retching
present participle ofretch
retch
verb[I]
uk/retʃ/us/retʃ/toreactin a way as if you arevomiting:
Thesightofbloodmakes him retch.
Compare
vomitverb
barfverbvery informal
Vomiting & feelings of sickness
- airsickness
- bring
- bringsomeoneup
- carsick
- carsickness
- chunder
- disgorge
- keepsomethingdown
- nausea
- puke
- regurgitate
- retch
- sicksomethingup
- sick toyourstomachidiom
- sickeningly
- spew
- spew(something)up
- spit(something)up
- travel sickness
- vomit
Examplesofretching
retching
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
I have tried struggling madly, arching the back andretchingfrom the stomach.
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But it is notorious that at the present time, in many cases, premises used for office purposes areretchingexceedingly high prices.
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Symptoms include restlessness, inability to get comfortable, pacing, orretchingwithout being able to bring up anything.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Vomiting andretchingwere reported as being common effects.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Autonomic seizures consist of episodes of disturbed autonomic function with nausea,retchingand vomiting as predominant symptoms.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Crushed and bound down, they gasp out their words as though they wereretching.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The scene changes to an unseen person closing and bolting an airplane bathroom door and then the sounds ofretchingcan be heard.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In thisretchingphase nothing has yet been expelled.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He further described how the hyena usesretchingnoises to attract dogs.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Ifretchingat the thought of that right being exercised isn't racism, then there is no racism.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Sometimes onlyretchingwithout vomiting occurred, and on a few occasions, vomiting did not occur.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.There is noretching, nausea, heartburn, odour, or abdominal pain associated with the regurgitation, as there is with typical vomiting.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Whereas a patient will complain of disagreeable sensations during nausea, speech is not possible duringretching.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The words of those who unwillingly yield catch in their throats as though they wereretching.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The characteristic movements furnish a ready diagnostic sign of theretchingphase.
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