• Retching

    Verb

    1. Present participle of retch

    Full definition of retching

    Noun

    retching

    (plural retchings)
    1. The act of one who retches.
      • 1839, The Lancet (volume 1, page 786)Mrs. Green, aged 33 years, had been six weeks pregnant, and suffered exceedingly from retchings in consequence.
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