gack.
A sharp, sudden sound from someone's throat while they're coughing, vomiting, gagging, etc.
Meaning & usage
A sharp, sudden sound from someone's throat while they're coughing, vomiting, gagging, etc.
An expression of disgust or disapproval.
An expression of trepidation.
Where this word comes from
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.
To make a sharp, sudden sound in one's throat, such as before vomiting or while coughing, gagging, etc.
To do something that causes a sharp, sudden sound in one's throat. To vomit, throw up.
To do something that causes a sharp, sudden sound in one's throat. To cough something up.
To do something that causes a sharp, sudden sound in one's throat. To choke (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)
To do something that causes a sharp, sudden sound in one's throat. To choke (experience tightness in one's throat as a result of strong emotion)
Where this word comes from
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.
Crystal meth.
Powder cocaine.
Where this word comes from
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.
The sound of a bird's call in response to disturbance.
Where this word comes from
Apparently onomatopoeic. Compare German gack (“call of a hen”), German gackern (“(of a chicken) to loudly and repetitive cry”), and Dutch gakken (“(of a goose) to honk”). Comparison to more terms Pokorny compared German gackern to words including English gaggle, Latvian gâgát (“cry like a goose”), Russian gogotátь (gogotátʹ, “(of geese) cackle; laugh loudly”), Old Norse gaga (“mock, ridicule”), and Albanian gogësínj (“yawn, burp”), among others. Pokorny considered common origin or separate innovation both as possibilities to explain the similarities.
To call in response to disturbance.
Where this word comes from
Apparently onomatopoeic. Compare German gack (“call of a hen”), German gackern (“(of a chicken) to loudly and repetitive cry”), and Dutch gakken (“(of a goose) to honk”). Comparison to more terms Pokorny compared German gackern to words including English gaggle, Latvian gâgát (“cry like a goose”), Russian gogotátь (gogotátʹ, “(of geese) cackle; laugh loudly”), Old Norse gaga (“mock, ridicule”), and Albanian gogësínj (“yawn, burp”), among others. Pokorny considered common origin or separate innovation both as possibilities to explain the similarities.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.