Past tense of retch
regular verb
The past tense of retch is retched. The past participle is also retched.
Forms of retch
| Base form (V1) | retch /ɹɛt͡ʃ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | retched |
| Past participle (V3) | retched |
| Present participle | retching |
| Third person singular | retches |
Retched in a sentence
- She almost retched as the taste came back to her mouth.1954, Ian Fleming, “Allumeuse”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 109. From the entry voodoo
Meaning of retch
- verb To make or experience an unsuccessful effort to vomit; to strain or spasm, as if to vomit; to gag or nearly vomit.
- verb To vomit; to make or experience a successful effort to vomit.
- noun An unsuccessful effort to vomit.
Questions about the past tense of retch
- What is the past tense of retch?
- The past tense of retch is retched.
- What is the past participle of retch?
- The past participle of retch is retched.
- Is retch a regular or irregular verb?
- Retch is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: retch (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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