gak

See also: Gäk

English

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.

Noun

gak (uncountable)

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

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/

Noun

gak m (indefinite plural geqe)

  1. boar (male pig)

Derived terms


Cebuano

Etymology

From English gac, from Vietnamese gấc.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: gak

Noun

gak

  1. the spiny bitter gourd (Momordica cochinchinensis)

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡak/, [ɡ̊ɑɡ̊]

Etymology 1

From the adjective gak (nuts, bats).

Noun

gak n

  1. madness, insanity (see Thesaurus:insanity)
Usage notes

have gak i låget, være gak i låget – to be bats or nuts

Synonyms

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

gak

  1. bats, nuts (see Thesaurus:insane)
Synonyms

Etymology 3

See (to walk).

Verb

gak

  1. (archaic-verb-form) imperative of

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
  • 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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