Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to gack
Participle: gacked
Gerund: gacking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | gack |
| you | gack |
| he;she;it | gacks |
| we | gack |
| you | gack |
| they | gack |
Perfect
| I | have gacked |
| you | have gacked |
| he;she;it | has gacked |
| we | have gacked |
| you | have gacked |
| they | have gacked |
Past
| I | gacked |
| you | gacked |
| he;she;it | gacked |
| we | gacked |
| you | gacked |
| they | gacked |
Pluperfect
| I | had gacked |
| you | had gacked |
| he;she;it | had gacked |
| we | had gacked |
| you | had gacked |
| they | had gacked |
Future
| I | will gack |
| you | will gack |
| he;she;it | will gack |
| we | will gack |
| you | will gack |
| they | will gack |
Future Perfect
| I | will have gacked |
| you | will have gacked |
| he;she;it | will have gacked |
| we | will have gacked |
| you | will have gacked |
| they | will have gacked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | gack |
| you | gack |
| he;she;it | gack |
| we | gack |
| you | gack |
| they | gack |
Perfect
| I | have gacked |
| you | have gacked |
| he;she;it | have gacked |
| we | have gacked |
| you | have gacked |
| they | have gacked |
Imperfect
| I | gacked |
| you | gacked |
| he;she;it | gacked |
| we | gacked |
| you | gacked |
| they | gacked |
Pluperfect
| I | had gacked |
| you | had gacked |
| he;she;it | had gacked |
| we | had gacked |
| you | had gacked |
| they | had gacked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would gack |
| you | would gack |
| he;she;it | would gack |
| we | would gack |
| you | would gack |
| they | would gack |
Perfect
| I | would have gacked |
| you | would have gacked |
| he;she;it | would have gacked |
| we | would have gacked |
| you | would have gacked |
| they | would have gacked |
Imperative
| you | gack |
| we | Let's gack |
| you | gack |
Verbs conjugated like 'gack'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'gack'
back,
cack,
dack,
fack,
gank,
gawk,
geck,
hack,
jack,
lack,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Apparently onomatopoeic and believed to have first appeared in comic strips. Compare gag (“to choke; to retch”) and hack (“to cough noisily”).
2. The "cocaine" and "meth" senses apparently comes from the fact that snorting the drugs often activates a person's gag reflex.
Sample Sentences
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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. [1999, Dennis Lehane, Payers for Rain, 1st edition, New York: William Morrow and Company, →ISBN, page 31:]
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Then we hear the unmistakable gacking of a dog about to puke. Ooah. Ooah. Ooaah... And puke Loki does, right under the coffee table. [2015, Kristan Higgins, If You Only Knew, Harlequin Books, →ISBN, page 248:]
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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. [1996, Pat Pollari, Barf-o-Rama: The Legend of Bigfart, Transworld Books, published 1997, →ISBN, page 6:]
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It reminded me of the time Willy tried to get a whole hamburger in his mouth on a bet. […] he almost choked to death before we figured out how to do the Heimlich maneuver on him. […] finally Pete Honer said, "He's turning blue," and we all just grabbed something and squeezed and he gacked it up and out. Pickles and all. [2006, Gary Paulsen, The Amazing Life of Birds, 1st edition, Wendy Lam Books, →ISBN, page 12:]
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[…] 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 [2010, Jeff Lindsay, Dexter is Delicious, Orion Books, →ISBN, page 340:]
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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. [2010, Yxta Maya Murray, The Good Girl's Guide to Getting Kidnapped, Penguin Group, →ISBN, page 178:]