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oak | gak |

As an adjective oak

is .

As an interjection gak is

expressing disgust or trepidation.

As a noun gak is

the drug crystal meth.

oak

English

Noun

  • (senseid)(lb) A tree of the genus Quercus .
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  • *:It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat on the sward behind the elm, with the back turned on the rick and nothing in front but the tall elms and the oaks in the other hedge, it was quite easy to fancy it the verge of the prairie with the backwoods close by.
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  • *:Instead there were the white of aspens, streaks of branch and slender trunk glistening from the green of leaves, and the darker green of oaks , and through the middle of this forest, from wall to wall, ran a winding line of brilliant green which marked the course of cottonwoods and willows.
  • (lb) The wood of the oak.
  • A rich brown colour, like that of oak wood.
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    • Derived terms

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    Hypernyms

    * (oak tree) tree

    Meronyms

    * (oak tree) acorn

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (colour) of a rich brown colour, like that of oak wood.
  • made of oak wood or timber
    • an oak' table, ' oak beam, etc
  • consisting of oak trees
    • an oak' wood, ' oak forest, etc

    Derived terms

    * acute oak decline * blackjack oak * chestnut oak * (chinquapin oak) * (coast live oak) * cork oak * durmast oak * fumed oak * holly oak * holm oak * Jerusalem oak * kermes oak * live oak * oak apple * oak fern * Oak Forest * oak gall * oak leaf cluster * Oak Park * oak pruner * oak wilt * oaken * Oakland * oakmoss * oak processionary moth * Oakville * pin oak * poison oak * red oak * scarlet oak * sessile oak * silky oak * scrub oak * (tan oak) * (valley oak) * water oak * white oak * willow oak

    See also

    * acorn * cork * ellagic acid * encina * nutgall * quercetin * quercitron * roble * shillelagh * tanbark * valonia * wainscot * (topicsee)

    External links

    * (wikipedia "oak")

    Anagrams

    * (l) * (l), (l)

    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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