What does dry heave mean?

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dry heave

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.89 in modern English

Scrabble Score

Letters

Syllables

Unique Chars

verb

noun

dry heaves (present, singular) dry heaving (participle, present) dry heaved (participle, past) dry heaved (past) dry heaves (plural)

Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “dry heave”.
Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling () so you know which sounds to aim for.
Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “dry heave”.
Repeat and practice — Say “dry heave” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.