cotch, verb intransitive

slang

To vomit.

1970 Informant, Grahamstown (now Makhanda, Eastern Cape)The cat cotched on the carpet.

1992 P. Dobson Informant, Cape Town, Western CapeCotch. Vomit.

To vomit.

Derivatives:: Hence cotch noun, vomit; also attributive; cotch adjective, unpleasant.

1983 Grocott’s Mail 18 Feb. 13Kotch Creek, Scenic brook with algae of undisclosed origin.

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1989 T. Botha in Style June 112The Radnor Hotel in Hopetown looks inviting, much better than the kotch-green one back in Strydenburg.

1991 C.E. Hill Informant, Johannesburg, GautengCotch (adj.). Unpleasant. It was a cotch job I had to do.

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