What does dry-heave mean?
Dry-heave means To attempt to vomit with the ejection of only gas..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
To attempt to vomit with the ejection of only gas..
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.
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.
Use dry-heave when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Dry-heave means To attempt to vomit with the ejection of only gas..
Common synonyms include dry vomit.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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