gack
Meanings
Intj
- 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.
- The sound of a bird's call in response to disturbance.
Verb
- 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)
- To call in response to disturbance.
Noun
- Crystal meth.
- Powder cocaine.
Origin / Etymology
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.
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