RETCH


Meaning of RETCH in English

/ retʃ; NAmE / verb

[ v ] to make sounds and movements as if you are vomiting although you do not actually do so :

The smell made her retch.

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 19th cent.: variant of dialect reach , from a Germanic base meaning spittle .

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