RETCHING

Verb

retching

present participle of retch

Noun

retching (plural retchings)

The act of one who retches.

Anagrams

• cringeth

Source: Wiktionary


RETCH

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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