RETCH, RETCHING
(also see VOMIT)
NOUNS
1852 — KECK the noise made in the gullet by sickness; a sound between a cough and choke → Eng. dial.
..20C — HEAVES a bout of retching or vomiting → colloq.
1911 — BOUK a retching, a vomiting → Sc. (Bk.)
VERBS
1601 — HEAVE to make an effort to vomit, to retch; to feel loathing
1601 — KECK to make a sound as if about to vomit; to retch; to feel an inclination to vomit
1604 — HEAVE THE GORGE to make an effort to vomit; to retch
1614 — CAST THE GORGE to vomit violently, or make violent attempts to vomit
1619 — KECKLE to make a sound as if about to vomit; to retch; to feel an inclination to vomit → Eng. dial.
1685 — HEAVE UP to vomit, to retch → Eng. dial.
1766 — YECK — YEKE — YOKE to cough; to hiccup; to retch → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1790 — REACH to vomit, to strain in the attempt to vomit; to retch → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1887 — URGE to retch; to strain as in vomiting → Eng. dial.
1898 — CAZZON to retch → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
..20C — GAG to retch, esp. to retch noisily → US colloq.
1901 — KECKEN to make a sound between a choke and a cough; to retch → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1904 — RID to retch, to vomit; to cough up; to expectorate → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — YAWK to hawk, to clear the throat; to retch in vomiting → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1911 — BOAK — BOCK — BOKE — BOUK — BOWK to retch; to vomit → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 — BRAIK — BRAKE to vomit, to retch → Sc. (Bk.)
1929 — UIK to retch, to vomit → Sc.
1948 — NEW YORK to retch, to vomit → W. Indies sl.