retch (verb)
11dry-retch — /draɪ ˈrɛtʃ/ (say druy rech) verb (i) to go through the motion of vomiting although one s stomach has nothing left in it to bring up. Also, dry retch. –dry retching, noun …
12be sick — verb eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth After drinking too much, the students vomited He purged continuously The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night • Syn: ↑vomit, ↑vomit up, ↑purge, ↑cast, ↑ …
13throw up — verb eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth (Freq. 1) After drinking too much, the students vomited He purged continuously The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night • Syn: ↑vomit, ↑vomit up, ↑purge, ↑ …
14upchuck — verb eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth After drinking too much, the students vomited He purged continuously The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night • Syn: ↑vomit, ↑vomit up, ↑purge, ↑cast, ↑ …
15vomit up — verb eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth After drinking too much, the students vomited He purged continuously The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night • Syn: ↑vomit, ↑purge, ↑cast, ↑sick, ↑ …
16egest — verb eliminate from the body Pass a kidney stone • Syn: ↑excrete, ↑eliminate, ↑pass • Derivationally related forms: ↑passing (for: ↑pass), ↑ …
17bolk — verb a) To belch. b) To vomit; retch …
18regurgitate — verb /ɹɪˈɡɚːʤəˌteɪt/ a) To throw up or vomit; to eject what has previously been swallowed. b) What a bird or other animal does, to cough up from its gut to feed its young. Syn: vomit, cast, disgorge, retch, puke …
19boak — verb /bəʊk/ To retch or vomit …
20choke — verb 1) Christopher started to choke Syn: gag, retch, cough, fight for breath 2) thick dust choked her Syn: suffocate, asphyxiate, smother, stifle 3) she had been choked to death …
