D defs.my
Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Retch

/(rĕch [or] rēch; 277)/ · IPA /ɹɛt͡ʃ/
01 v. i. To make an effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting.
imp. & p. p. Retched; p. pr. & vb. n. Retching
  1. 1.
    To make an effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting.
    “Beloved Julia, hear me still beseeching! (Here he grew inarticulate with retching.)” Byron.
02 v. t. & i. To care for; to heed; to reck.
  1. 1.
    To care for; to heed; to reck.[Obs.]