gack

Meanings

1. A sharp, sudden sound from someone's throat while they're coughing, vomiting, gagging, etc.
2. An expression of disgust or disapproval.
3. An expression of trepidation.

1. To make a sharp, sudden sound in one's throat, such as before vomiting or while coughing, gagging, etc.
2. To do something that causes a sharp, sudden sound in one's throat.
3. To vomit, throw up.
4. To cough something up.
5. To choke (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)
6. To choke (experience tightness in one's throat as a result of strong emotion)

1. Crystal meth.
2. Powder cocaine.

1. The sound of a bird's call in response to disturbance.

1. To call in response to disturbance.

Etymology

Apparently onomatopoeic and believed to have first appeared in comic strips. Compare gag (“to choke; to retch”) and hack (“to cough noisily”). The "cocaine" and "meth" senses apparently comes from the fact that snorting the drugs often activates a person's gag reflex.

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