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  1. dry-heave: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. dry-heave: Wiktionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (dry-heave)

▸ verb:  To attempt to vomit with the ejection of only gas.
▸ noun:  An attempt to vomit that ejects only gas.

Similar:
heave, keck, vomit, bring up, hurl, expectorate, throw up, get sick, erupt, gack, more...

Opposite:
retch, vomit, regurgitate, heave, upchuck

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Similar:
heave, keck, vomit, bring up, hurl, expectorate, throw up, get sick, erupt, gack, more...

Opposite:
retch, vomit, regurgitate, heave, upchuck



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