gack

English

Etymology

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

Interjection

gack

  1. (often repeated several times) The sound of a cat coughing up a hairball.
  2. 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)

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

Translations

Quotations
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Swedish

Verb

gack

  1. (obsolete) singular imperative of gå.
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