From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 1
From [en], [enm] (attested in [enm]), [enm], from [en], from [en], from [en],
from [en]. Cognate with [is], [li], [bar] and [de]. Also related with [de].
**** Alternative forms
- [en] [archaic or dialectal]
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To make or experience < !--i.e. involuntarily! whereas 'make an effort' suggests it's voluntary--> an unsuccessful effort to vomit ; to strain or spasm, as if to vomit; to gag or nearly vomit.
2. * [passage=Here he grew inarticulate with RETCHING .]
3. [en] To vomit ; to make or experience a successful effort to vomit.
4. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1836 | title=The Medico-chirurgical Review, and Journal of Practical Medicine | page=462
|text=[...] in a couple of hours they were seized with violent RETCHING; the
contents of their stomachs were mixed with blood, mucus, and froth.}}
1. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1891 | title=Cincinnati Medical Advance | page=101
|text=[....] severe, with a heavy RETCHING; the contents of the stomach would
come up rather easily at first, but as it continued the RETCHING became more
severe. By the straining to vomit, all the symptoms were [...] }}
1. * {{ quote-book | en | date=2014-04-07 | author=Rob Gittins | title=The Poet and the Private Eye | publisher=Y Lolfa | isbn=9781847718990
|text=[...] RETCHING the contents of his breakfast – his fabled raw eggs and
beer by the look of it – up onto the sidewalk. But some sort of salvation
seemed to be at hand in the shape of a young woman who now came up to the
RETCHING poet.[nb...]}}
1. * {{ quote-book | en | date=2014-06-04 | author=Jake E. Sampson | title=The Resurrectionist | publisher=Lulu.com | isbn=9781291721683 | page=37
|text=“What manner of being are you?” I cried. The creature's black tar
viscera flew from the lacerated stump, covering Mary and myself in the fluid.
I recall instantly RETCHING the contents of my stomach, while simultaneously
[...] }}
1. * {{ quote-book | en | date=2020-08-11 | author=Tony Bertauski | title=Maze: The Essence of Sunny Grimm | publisher=Tony Bertauski
|text= RETCHING the contents from his lungs. The uncomfortable warble of
voices called for help, greeting him at the floor. He was laid on a gurney,
the slimy contents wiped from his face. The sting of needles inserted in his
arms.}}
***** Translations
[to make an effort to vomit]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Galician: [gl]
- German: [de]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Italian: [it]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi] , [mi]
- Mongolian: [mn]
- Norman: [nrf]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota]
- Polish: [pl] [impersonal, the person afflicted is put in accusative]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru] [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
[trans-bottom]
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. An unsuccessful effort to [en] .
***** Derived terms
[en]
***** Translations
[an unsuccessful effort to vomit]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Dutch: [nl]
- French: [fr]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Maori: [mi]
- Persian: [fa]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Tagalog: [tl]
[trans-bottom]
**** See also
- heave
*** Etymology 2
From [en], from [en], variant of [ang], from [en], from [en].
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To reck .
***** Related terms
- [en]
*** Etymology 3
From [en], from [en], from [en], from [en], from [en].
**** Verb
[past2=raught]
1. [en] [en] .
*** Anagrams
- [en]