Retcher

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Someone who repeatedly strains and heaves as if about to vomit, often without actually bringing anything up
2. A person whose stomach convulses in an involuntary effort to vomit, typically from nausea or disgust
3. One who gags and heaves violently, straining the throat and abdomen in an attempt to throw up

Etymology: "Retcher" is simply "retch" with the agent suffix "-er" added, so it names someone or something that retches. The base verb "retch," meaning to make the motions of vomiting without bringing anything up, comes from Old English "hraecc"-related roots and is the older of the two words. Adding "-er" to a verb to name the person doing the action is a very common English pattern, as in "singer" or "baker," and "retcher" follows it directly.