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Gar vs Gak - What's the difference?

gar | gak |

As nouns the difference between gar and gak

is that gar is gaur (species of wild cattle) while gak is the drug crystal meth.

As an interjection gak is

expressing disgust or trepidation.

gar

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) gar, gare, gere, gore, from (etyl) . Related to (l).

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) spear

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of several fish, of the family , that have long, narrow jaws; garfish

    • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) garren, gerren, from (etyl) gera, gerva'' (Swedish ''''), from (etyl) . Compare ''yare .

    Verb

  • * 1485 , Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur , Book XX:
    • I shall firste begyn at Sandwyche, and there I shall go in my shearte, barefoote, and at every ten myles ende I shall founde and gar make an house of religious, of what order that ye woll assygne me [...].
  • * 1885 , Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night , Night 15:
    • Time gars me tremble. Ah, how sore the baulk! / While Time in pride of strength cloth ever stalk [...].

    Anagrams

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    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.
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