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dry-heaved

dry-heaved is the simple past and past participle of dry-heave.

Meaning of dry-heave

Verb

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.
    • 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.2020, Bryan Washington, Memorial, Atlantic Books (2021), page 162

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Questions about dry-heaved

What is dry-heaved the simple past and past participle of?
Dry-heaved is the simple past and past participle of dry-heave.

Words near dry-heaved in the dictionary

  1. dry-gulched
  2. dry-gulches
  3. dry-gulching
  4. dry-handed
  5. dry-heave
  6. dry-heaved
  7. dry-heaves
  8. dry-heaving
  9. dry-hopped
  10. dry-hump
  11. dry-humped

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