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. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
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