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Gak vs Gawk - What's the difference?

gak | gawk |

As nouns the difference between gak and gawk

is that gak is {{cx|slang|lang=en}} The drug crystal meth while gawk is a cuckoo.

As an interjection gak

is expressing disgust or trepidation.

As a verb gawk is

to stare or gape stupidly.

gak

English

Etymology 1

Imitative of a gagging noise in the throat.

Interjection

(en interjection)
  • Expressing disgust or trepidation.
  • * 2002 , "93 Percent Wise", the NT then and now'' (discussion on Internet newsgroup ''alt.messianic )
  • proselytizing is, ultimately, a disgusting way of relating to people. whether it's amway, xnty, or discovery toys, it's just awful manipulation pride and disrespect. i hate it, i hate that i did it, it's yucky yucky yucky. puke puke gak vomit.
  • * 2008 , Erin McCarthy, You Don't Know Jack
  • Gak . She'd thought that's what it meant. Her heart slammed into her gut. No, no, no.
  • * 2009 , Joel Rubinoff, It's not a dream: They're back'' (in ''Toronto Star , 19 March 2009)
  • Unsure what to make of it, I flicked on Entertainment Tonight (7:30 p.m. weekdays on NBC, Global) to find — gak — his sister Marie, who served her own headline-grabbing stint on Dancing two seasons ago, being treated like visiting royalty by the outrageously overcaffeinated Mary Hart.

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (-)
  • The drug crystal meth.
  • ----

    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.