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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Dry-heave
Synonyms for "dry-heave" (1 found)
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Closest matches (1)
Noun(1 words)
Translations
6 translations across 4 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 乾嘔 /干呕 noun (attempt to vomit that ejects only gas)
- 乾嘔 /干呕 verb (attempt to vomit with the ejection of only gas)
Finnish
2 entries- yökkäys noun (attempt to vomit that ejects only gas)
- yökätä verb (attempt to vomit with the ejection of only gas)
Icelandic
1 entries- kúgast verb (attempt to vomit with the ejection of only gas)
Spanish
1 entries- arcada seca noun (attempt to vomit that ejects only gas)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
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.
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