gack

English

Etymology

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

Interjection

gack

(often repeated several times) The sound of a cat coughing up a hairball.
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)

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

Translations

to make a 'gack' noise

Finnish: kakoa (fi), kakistella (fi)

to make expectorate a hairball

Finnish: kakoa (fi)

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:gack.

Swedish

Verb

gack

(obsolete) singular imperative of gå.

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