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dry heaves
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dry heaves
(noun)
dry heaves
noun
dry heaves
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of DRY HEAVES
[
plural
]
US
:
a condition in which someone is vomiting but nothing is coming up from the stomach
He had a case of (the)
dry heaves
.
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