Dictionary Entry
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
- 1intransitive verb
To make an effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting.
- 2transitive/intransitive verb
To care for; to heed; to reck.
- 3noun
an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting
"a bad case of the heaves"
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- 4verb
eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
"After drinking too much, the students vomited"
"He purged continuously"
- 5verb
make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit
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