What Does Retching Sound Like?

In the case of the retching, it sounds like "glup" (a guttural sound), while in the cough there is a hoarse sound that sounds like "chagh". The retching also brings up the difference between vomiting and regurgitation.

What is a retching sound?

I would say that the sound made by vomiting is retching. I've also seen retching noises or the sound of retching used in print to specify the sound instead of the action. Mirriam-Webster online give this definition: transitive verb : vomit 1 intransitive verb : to make an effort to vomit; also : vomit.

How do you type the sound of vomiting?

Blaargh (onomatopoeia for vomit)

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