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Pronunciation : Retch
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [AS. hr to clear the throat, hawk, fr. hraca throat; akin to G. rachen, and perhaps to E. rack neck.]
Definition : Defn: To make an effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting. [Written also reach.] Beloved Julia, hear me still beseeching! (Here he grew inarticulate with retching.) Byron.

i. [imp. & p. p. Retched; p. pr. & vb. n. Retching.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Retch
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [See Reck.]
Definition : Defn: To care for; to heed; to reck. [Obs.] Chaucer.

t. & i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913