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Imitative.

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blech

  1. (slang) An imitation of the sound of gagging, used to express disgust or disdain.
    Blech! Look at all those maggots!
    • 2023 November 14, Beth Romero, “Be a Weeble”, in Happy AF: Simple Strategies to Get Unstuck, Bounce Back, and Live Your Best Life, Berkeley, Calif.: She Writes Press, →ISBN, chapter 1 (The Art of Letting Go, Bouncing Back, and Being):
      Speaking of showering: after my dad’s passing, I realized I was more vested in my puppy’s grooming than my own. [] On more than one occasion, I had to ask myself if I brushed my teeth that day. Blech.
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blech (third-person singular simple present bleches, present participle bleching, simple past and past participle bleched)

  1. (slang) To have the vomiting reflex triggered.

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 blech on Wikipedia
 
A copper blech covers the lit burners on a stovetop, keeping food warm for the Shabbat meal.

From Yiddish בלעך (blekh). Related to German Blech.

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blech (plural blechs)

  1. (Judaism) A metal sheet used to cover stovetop burners on Shabbat to allow food to be kept warm without violating the prohibition against cooking.
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blech

  1. genitive plural of blecha