different between gak vs gack

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Imitative of a gagging noise in the throat.

Interjection

gak

1. An expression of disgust or trepidation.
   • 2002, "93 Percent Wise", the NT then and now (discussion on Internet newsgroup alt.messianic)

     proselytizing is, ultimately, a disgusting way of relating to people. whether it's amway, xnty, or discovery toys, it's just awful manipulation pride and disrespect. i hate it, i hate that i did it, it's yucky yucky yucky. puke puke gak vomit.

   • 2008, Erin McCarthy, You Don't Know Jack

     Gak. She'd thought that's what it meant. Her heart slammed into her gut. No, no, no.

   • 2009, Joel Rubinoff, It's not a dream: They're back (in Toronto Star, 19 March 2009)

     Unsure what to make of it, I flicked on Entertainment Tonight (7:30 p.m. weekdays on NBC, Global) to find — gak — his sister Marie, who served her own headline-grabbing stint on Dancing two seasons ago, being treated like visiting royalty by the outrageously overcaffeinated Mary Hart.

Etymology 2

Noun

gak (uncountable)

1. (slang) The drug crystal methamphetamine.
2. (slang) cocaine

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *gauka, from Proto-Indo-European *g??us (“ox, cow”) (compare English cow, Latvian govs, Ancient Greek ???? (boûs)). Also see ka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ak/

Noun

gak m (indefinite plural geqe, definite singular gaku, definite plural geqet)

1. boar (male pig)

Declension

Derived terms

• gakth

Cebuano

Etymology

From English gac, from Vietnamese g?c.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: gak

Noun

gak

1. the spiny bitter gourd (Momordica cochinchinensis)

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??????]

Etymology 1

From gaga (“gaga”), from French gaga, from gâteux (“senile, incontinent”).

Adjective

gak (uninflected)

1. bats, nuts (see Thesaurus:insane)

Synonyms

• gakgak
• tåbelig
• vanvittig
• gakket

Derived terms

• være gak i låget (“to be bats or nuts”)

Noun

gak n (uninflected)

1. madness, insanity (see Thesaurus:insanity)

Synonyms

• gakgak
• vanvid

Derived terms

• have gak i låget (“to be bats or nuts”)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse gakk, imperative of ganga, with assimilation of final -ng.

Verb

gak

1. (archaic-verb-form) imperative of gå

Indonesian

Adverb

gak

1. Alternative form of enggak

Kalasha

Noun

gak

1. A cow

Southeastern Tepehuan

Etymology

Cognate with Northern Tepehuan gáki, Cora huajchi, Central Tarahumara wakí (“dried tree or stick”).

Adjective

gak (plural gagaak)

1. dry
2. thin

Related terms

• gakia?

References

• R. de Willett, Elizabeth, et al. (2016) Diccionario tepehuano de Santa María Ocotán, Durango (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 48)?^[1] (in Spanish), electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 61

English

Etymology

Apparently from the sound made; believed to have first appeared in comic strips.

Interjection

gack

1. (often repeated several times) The sound of a cat coughing up a hairball.
2. A similar sound made to show disgust or disapproval.

Verb

gack (third-person singular simple present gacks, present participle gacking, simple past and past participle gacked)

1. (intransitive) To make a 'gack' noise.
2. (transitive) To expectorate a hairball.

Translations

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:gack.

Swedish

Verb

gack

1. (archaic) singular imperative of gå.