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retching

retching

English

Verb

retching

  1. present participle of retch

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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