dry heave

American  

[drahy heev] / ˈdraɪ ˈhiv /

Or dry-heave

verb (used without object)

1. to make an involuntary effort to vomit, but without bringing anything up; retch.

   I dry heave every time I think back to that awful incident.

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Etymology

Origin of dry heave

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

The mist was not dispelled, but it had grown thinner, and trees at some distance down the mountain began to have individual shape through the veil of dry haze that inwrapped them.

From A Tar-Heel Baron by Holloway, Edward Stratton

By day the sun shone warm enough, but at night the stars far in the southern sky shone green and yellow through a strange, dry haze.

From The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn by Stables, Gordon

The sun arose and shone warmly, yet not hotly, through the air in which dry haze was thickening.

From The Zeit-Geist by Dougall, Lily

Related Words

• eject
• gag
• heave
• regurgitate