verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The smell from the creek was enough to make you retch .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Everyone saw him slide suddenly from his horse and bend, retching and whistling, into the grass.
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Fourth Aunt listened with alarm to the sound of the middle-aged woman retching.
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He felt his stomach heave and he retched against the wall.
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He wants to retch but he does not want to make a sound.
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I followed one up the motorway just yesterday and it was all I could do to not retch .
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I took off my jacket, laid it on the bed, walked to the bucket, and retched.
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Nausea of vomiting or retching with great anxiety.
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Only fear kept him from retching when he had taken a long drink.