Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be âsatanic.â However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
RETCH
heave, retch
(noun) an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting; âa bad case of the heavesâ
vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up
(verb) eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; âAfter drinking too much, the students vomitedâ; âHe purged continuouslyâ; âThe patient regurgitated the food we gave him last nightâ
gag, heave, retch
(verb) make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
retch (third-person singular simple present retches, present participle retching, simple past and past participle retched)
To make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting.
Noun
retch (plural retches)
An unsuccessful effort to vomit.
Etymology 2
Verb
retch (third-person singular simple present retches, present participle retching, simple past and past participle retched)
(ambitransitive, obsolete) To reck
Etymology 3
Verb
retch (third-person singular simple present retches, present participle retching, simple past and past participle (obsolete) raught or retched)
(dialectal) to reach
Anagrams
• chert
Source: Wiktionary
Retch, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Retched; p. pr. & vb. n. Retching.] Etym: [AS. hr to clear the throat, hawk, fr. hraca throat; akin to G. rachen, and perhaps to E. rack neck.]
Definition: To make an effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting. [Written also reach.] Beloved Julia, hear me still beseeching! (Here he grew inarticulate with retching.) Byron.
Retch, v. t. & i. Etym: [See Reck.]
Definition: To care for; to heed; to reck. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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