effort to vomit
1Heave — (h[=e]v), v. i. 1. To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound. [1913 Webster] And the huge columns heave into the sky. Pope. [1913 Webster] Where heaves the turf in many a moldering heap. Gray. [1913 Webster] The heaving sods… …
2To heave at — Heave Heave (h[=e]v), v. i. 1. To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound. [1913 Webster] And the huge columns heave into the sky. Pope. [1913 Webster] Where heaves the turf in many a moldering heap. Gray. [1913 Webster] The… …
3To heave in sight — Heave Heave (h[=e]v), v. i. 1. To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound. [1913 Webster] And the huge columns heave into the sky. Pope. [1913 Webster] Where heaves the turf in many a moldering heap. Gray. [1913 Webster] The… …
4To heave up — Heave Heave (h[=e]v), v. i. 1. To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound. [1913 Webster] And the huge columns heave into the sky. Pope. [1913 Webster] Where heaves the turf in many a moldering heap. Gray. [1913 Webster] The… …
5retch — To make an involuntary effort to vomit. [A.S. hraecan, to hawk] * * * retch rech, esp Brit rēch vi to make an effort to vomit vt VOMIT retch n * * * (rech) to try to …
6heave — I. v. a. 1. Lift, hoist, raise, elevate, raise up. 2. Breathe, force from the breast, raise, exhale. 3. Throw, toss, hurl, send, fling. II. v. n. 1. Pant. 2. Swell, dilate, expand. 3. Retch, keck, try to vomit …
7gag´ger — gag «gag», noun, verb, gagged, gag|ging. –n. 1. something put in a person s mouth to keep him from talking or crying out: »Untie his feet; pull out his gag; he will chocke else (Fletcher and Shirley). 2. Figurative. anything used to silence a… …
8retch — verb Etymology: Middle English *rechen to spit, retch, from Old English hrǣcan to spit, hawk; akin to Old Norse hrækja to spit Date: circa 1798 transitive verb vomit 1 intransitive verb to make an effort to vomit; also vomit • retch noun …
9retching — Gastric and esophageal movements of vomiting without expulsion of vomitus. SYN: dry vomiting, vomiturition. * * * n. repeated unavailing attempts to vomit. * * * retch·ing (rechґing) a strong involuntary effort to vomit …
10heave — [hi:v] verb (past and past participle heaved or chiefly Nautical hove) 1》 lift or haul (a heavy thing) with great effort. ↘informal throw (something heavy). 2》 produce (a sigh). 3》 rise and fall rhythmically or spasmodically. 4》 make an… …
