Definition of retch

retch

verb

• to projectile vomit.

  That guy is retching everywhere and it almost hit my dog!

  • See more words with the same meaning: to vomit.

  Last edited on Jul 25 2013. Submitted by Phillip M. from CA, USA on Mar 02 2003.

verb - intransitive

• to nearly vomit; "gag".

  Last edited on Jul 25 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 25 2013.

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Other terms relating to 'to vomit':
chunder	Definitions include: to vomit.
dial the porcelain phone	Definitions include: to vomit.
shomit	Definitions include: to shit and vomit simultaneously
boot and rally	Definitions include: to vomit ("boot") due to over-consumption of alcohol, and then continue partying ("rally.")
call Ralph on the big white telephone	Definitions include: to vomit.
spew	Definitions include: to vomit.
yarf	Definitions include: to vomit.
sell the Buick	Definitions include: to vomit.
throw up	Definitions include: to vomit.
ralph	Definitions include: to vomit.
call the whales	Definitions include: to vomit.
hork	Definitions include: to steal.
readjust fluids	Definitions include: to vomit.
call for O'Rourke	Definitions include: to vomit (noisily).
chuck (one's) cookies	Definitions include: to vomit.
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stoked	Definitions include: excited or energized.
mollywhop	Definitions include: to hit or to beat very hard.
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motherf*cker	Definitions include: See mother fucker.
lunching	Definitions include: absent minded, inattentive.

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