げいげい

See also: けいげい

Japanese

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeia, in imitation of the sound of someone gagging (compare English gag), or the sound of someone burping.[1]

Adverb

げいげい or ゲーゲー • (geigei) 

  1. (dated) gaggingly, heavingly
    朝(あさ)から何(なん)にも食(た)べていないので、げいげいと吐(は)くものは飲(の)んだ水(みず)と黄(き)色(いろ)い液(えき)体(たい)ばかりであった。
    Asa kara nanni mo tabete inai no de, geigei to haku mono wa nonda mizu to kīroi ekitai bakari de atta.
    I hadn't had anything at all to eat since morning, so what I gaggingly threw up was just the water I drank and a yellow liquid.
  2. (dated) belchingly, burpingly
Usage notes

Followed by the particle と (​to).

Noun

げいげい or ゲーゲー • (geigei) 

  1. (dated) a burp, a belch

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of げいげい – see the following entry.
【鯨鯢】
[noun] male and female whales
[noun] whales in general
[noun] a fierce fish
[noun] (figurative) a major villain, a leader of criminals (compare English shark)
Alternative spelling
けいげい
(This term, げいげい, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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