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Gacked vs Gawked - What's the difference?

gacked | gawked |

As verbs the difference between gacked and gawked

is that gacked is (gack) while gawked is (gawk).

gacked

English

Verb

(head)
  • (gack)

    • gack

    English

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (often, repeated several times) The sound of a cat coughing up a hairball.
  • Also used of similar noises, particularly one made to show disgust or disapproval.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a 'gack' noise.
  • To expectorate a hairball.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "gack") ----

    gawked

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (gawk)

    • gawk

    English

    Etymology 1

    From a variant of gowk, from (etyl) gowke, from (etyl) . More at (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a cuckoo
    • (Johnson)
  • a fool
    • (Carlyle)

    Etymology 2

    A Middle-Appalachian Americanism, since late 1800s, possibly misconstruing French "gauche," and leading to use of adj gawky for a person or process that is uncoordinated or awkward.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a simpleton, stupid or clumsy person.

    • Etymology 3

    Perhaps from (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To stare or gape stupidly
  • To stare conspicuously.

    • References

    Appalachian English