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Definition of retch verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

retch

verb

NAmE//rɛtʃ//

[intransitive]Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they retch

he / she / it retches

past simple retched

-ing form retching

to make sounds and movements as if you are vomiting although you do not actually do so The smell made her retch.

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