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. Also used of similar noises, particularly one 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

to make a 'gack' noise

• Finnish: kakoa (fi), kakistella (fi)

to make expectorate a hairball

• Finnish: kakoa (fi)

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.

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Swedish

Verb

gack

1. (obsolete) singular imperative of gå.