gack

Significado (English)

Intj

1. A sharp, sudden sound from someone's throat while they're coughing, vomiting, gagging, etc.
2. An expression of disgust or disapproval.
3. An expression of trepidation.

Verb

1. To make a sharp, sudden sound in one's throat, such as before vomiting or while coughing, gagging, etc.
2. To do something that causes a sharp, sudden sound in one's throat.
3. To do something that causes a sharp, sudden sound in one's throat.
4. To do something that causes a sharp, sudden sound in one's throat.
5. To do something that causes a sharp, sudden sound in one's throat.

Noun

1. (slang) Crystal meth.
2. (slang) Powder cocaine.

Verb

To call in response to disturbance.

Synonyms

cheng

coke

Charlie

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ɡæk/

Etimoloxía (English)

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.