gack

Etymology 1
Apparently and believed to have first appeared in comic strips. Compare and.

The "cocaine" and "meth" senses apparently comes from the fact that snorting the drugs often activates a person's gag reflex.

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 vomit, throw up.
 * 4)  To cough something up.
 * 5)  To choke be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
 * 6)  To choke experience tightness in one's throat as a result of strong emotion
 * 1)  To cough something up.
 * 2)  To choke be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
 * 3)  To choke experience tightness in one's throat as a result of strong emotion
 * 1)  To choke experience tightness in one's throat as a result of strong emotion
 * 1)  To choke experience tightness in one's throat as a result of strong emotion

Noun

 * 1)  Crystal meth.
 * 2)  Powder cocaine.

Translations

 * Finnish: ,


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Etymology 2
Apparently. Compare, , and.

Pokorny compared to words including, , , , and , among others. Pokorny considered common origin or separate innovation both as possibilities to explain the similarities.

Verb

 * 1)  To call in response to disturbance.