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• dry heave

Verb

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dry-heave (third-person singular simple present dry-heaves, present participle dry-heaving, simple past and past participle dry-heaved)

1. To attempt to vomit with the ejection of only gas.
   • 2020, Bryan Washington, Memorial, Atlantic Books (2021), page 162:I followed as he hobbled toward the bathroom, and my father barely made it to the toilet before he started dry-heaving, knees spread on the tile.

Translations

[edit] attempt to vomit with the ejection of only gas — see also retch,‎ gag,‎ heave

Chinese: Mandarin: 乾嘔 / 干呕 (zh) (gān'ǒu) Finnish: yökätä (fi) Icelandic: kúgast Russian: please add this translation if you can

Noun

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dry-heave (plural dry-heaves)

1. An attempt to vomit that ejects only gas.
   • 1980 December 6, Cindy Rizzo, “Jewish, Lesbian, Feminist, Psychologist, Author—All of the above and more”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 20, page 8:She spent three days in the college infirmary trying to contain her overwhelming feelings of nausea and despair. Every morning for months, she would awake with the dry heaves.

Synonyms

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• dry vomit

Translations

[edit] attempt to vomit that ejects only gas

Chinese: Mandarin: 乾嘔 / 干呕 (zh) (gān'ǒu) Finnish: yökkäys (fi) Russian: please add this translation if you can Spanish: arcada seca f

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