gak
See also: Gäk
English
Etymology 1
Imitative of a gagging noise in the throat.
Interjection
gak
- 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.
- 2002, "93 Percent Wise", the NT then and now (discussion on Internet newsgroup alt.messianic)
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *gauka, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷōus ‘ox, cow’ (compare English cow, Latvian govs, Greek βοῦς (voῦs)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡak/
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡak/, [ɡ̊ɑɡ̊]
Etymology 1
From the adjective gak (“nuts, bats”).
Etymology 3
See gå (“to walk”).
Kalasha
Southeastern Tepehuan
Etymology
Cognate with Northern Tepehuan gáki, Cora huajchi, Central Tarahumara wakí (“dried tree or stick”).
Related terms
- gakiaꞌ
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) (in Spanish), electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 61
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