retch

retch is a 5-letter English word with 5 senses as intransitive verb, transitive/intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make an effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 10 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To make an effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting.
2. transitive/intransitive verb. To care for; to heed; to reck.
3. noun. an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting

   "a bad case of the heaves"

   Synonyms: heave

4. verb. eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth

   "After drinking too much, the students vomited"

   "He purged continuously"

   Synonyms: barf, cast, cat, chuck, disgorge, honk, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, sick, spew

5. verb. make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit

   Synonyms: gag, heave

Synonyms

heave, barf, cast, cat, chuck, disgorge, honk, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, sick, spew, spue, upchuck, vomit, gag

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in retch:

chert

Common word forms

retched, retches, retching, retchless

Words from these letters

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