gak

American  

[gak] / gæk /

Also gack

noun

Slang.

1. any of various addictive narcotics, especially cocaine or crystal meth.

   It was pretty disheartening to find out he’s back on the gak, and this time there’s really no one left in his corner.

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gak British  

/ gæk /

noun

1. slang cocaine

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Etymology

Origin of gak

First recorded in 1995–2000; of obscure origin

Example Sentences

Gruesomely both low and highbrow, it’s the movie equivalent of Jell-O wrestling an anthropology professor at Burning Man, which may have been the inspiration of one of its standout characters, Ralph Fiennes’ spry and mesmerizing Dr. Ian Kelson, an intellectual chap who waxes on about humanity while protectively smeared head-to-toe in sticky orange gak.

From Los Angeles Times

If you are lucky enough that this cyanobacteria, or kale-colored gak, has not yet infected your local lakes, bays, rivers or creeks — well, it probably will be soon.

From Salon

For some sounds and participants, like /g/ in the word "gak," the decoder got it right 84% of the time when it was the first sound in a string of three that made up a given nonsense word.

From Science Daily

His lawyer, Irina Gak, said he was known to have put up posters around the city promoting the antiwar initiative called “I Want to Live,” which helps Russian servicemen in Ukraine to surrender, and that it had made him a target.

From New York Times

“He said that he was being threatened, that he feared for his life,” Ms. Gak said in a video posted on social media by OVD-Info on Thursday.

From New York Times