gack

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. ünlem A sharp, sudden sound from someone's throat while they're coughing, vomiting, gagging, etc.

   “Sports was immediately consigned to a recycle pile where it was handy in case she heard the unmistakable gack-gack-gack machine-gun regurgitation sound of Midnight Louie about to deposit a hairball on some particularly cherished piece of paper or furniture.”

2. ünlem An expression of disgust or disapproval.

   “The family wanted me to try marmite, which is some sort of dark brown yeast extract that many Kiwis seem to enjoy. […] The family asked me to try it saying that it "tastes better than it smells." They were completely wrong. Gack! No more marmite for this boy.”

3. ünlem An expression of trepidation.

   ““Gack,” said Judith. “I don’t remember that. I wish you hadn’t. […]””

4. fiil To make a sharp, sudden sound in one's throat, such as before vomiting or while coughing, gagging, etc.

   “I slipped the punch, dropped the paper, and closed my right hand around his throat. I backed him into his desk and pushed him onto his back. […] He rubbed his throat, gacked like a cat spitting up a hair ball.”

5. fiil To vomit, throw up.

   “I mean, if cheese could make me gack, you know that poop snake, coiled around that worthless pen, wasn't going to calm my jumpy stomach down.”

6. fiil To cough something up.
7. fiil To choke (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)

   “[…] Chutsky came around and kicked the other one in the throat, so hard I could hear it crack, and he went over backward making gacking noises and clutching at his windpipe.u”

8. fiil To choke (experience tightness in one's throat as a result of strong emotion)

   “My throat made some gacking noises, though. No, no crying! Stiff lip, stiff lip, stiff lip—you got an interview! I stood in the kitchen, shaking and swallowing everything down.”

9. isim Crystal meth.
10. isim Powder cocaine.

    “—What, an he deals gack on the side? / —Aye, yeh. Dead easy for him to get a hold of, innit? / —How's that, well? / —Every fuckin ozzy's gorra supply of charlie, Dar. Skag n all. Best fuckin painkillers goin, lar.”

11. ünlem The sound of a bird's call in response to disturbance.

    “It was a big downy chick, about twenty-three days old. […] Steve shot ptargmigan for it, and every time it ate or saw Steve it would scream, Gack gack gack gack, […]”

12. fiil To call in response to disturbance.

    “During a disturbance the young run to the water and dive from fear, […] On other occasions the adults swim or walk about, incessantly gacking.”