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garget

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈɡɑː(ɹ)ɡɪt/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

An inflammation on a cow's or sheep's udder; synonym of mastitis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A distemper in pigs accompanied by staggering and loss of appetite.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gargol

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Pokeweed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: coakum, inkberry, pigeonweed, pocan, poke, poke salad, scoke

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes; young fleshy stems are edible; berries and root are poisonous

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: poke, pigeon berry, scoke, Phytolacca americana

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pokeweed

History

Etymology

From Middle English garget, gargate (“throat”), from Old French gargate. Compare gorge.