GAG

gag, muzzle

(noun) restraint put into a person’s mouth to prevent speaking or shouting

joke, gag, laugh, jest, jape

(noun) a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter; “he told a very funny joke”; “he knows a million gags”; “thanks for the laugh”; “he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest”; “even a schoolboy’s jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point”

gag, heave, retch

(verb) make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit

gag, choke

(verb) cause to retch or choke

gag, choke, strangle, suffocate

(verb) struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; “he swallowed a fishbone and gagged”

gag, quip

(verb) make jokes or quips; “The students were gagging during dinner”

gag, muzzle

(verb) tie a gag around someone’s mouth in order to silence them; “The burglars gagged the home owner and tied him to a chair”

choke, gag, fret

(verb) be too tight; rub or press; “This neckband is choking the cat”

gag, muzzle

(verb) prevent from speaking out; “The press was gagged”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

gag (plural gags)

A device to restrain speech, such as a rag in the mouth secured with tape or a rubber ball threaded onto a cord or strap.

(legal) An order or rule forbidding discussion of a case or subject.

A joke or other mischievous prank.

(film) a device or trick used to create a practical effect; a gimmick

A convulsion of the upper digestive tract.

(archaic) A mouthful that makes one retch or choke.

Mycteroperca microlepis, a species of grouper.

Synonym: gag grouper

Synonyms

• (legal): gag order

• (joke): See also joke

Verb

gag (third-person singular simple present gags, present participle gagging, simple past and past participle gagged)

(intransitive) To experience the vomiting reflex.

(transitive) To cause to heave with nausea.

(transitive) To restrain someone's speech by blocking his or her mouth.

(transitive) To pry or hold open by means of a gag.

(transitive, figuratively) To restrain someone's speech without using physical means.

(ambitransitive) To choke; to retch.

(ambitransitive, obsolete, slang) To deceive (someone); to con.

Anagrams

• agg

Noun

GAG

Abbreviation of group-specific antigen.

Anagrams

• agg

Source: Wiktionary

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Gag, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gagged; p. pr. & vb. n. Gagging.] Etym: [Prob. fr. W. cegio to choke or strangle, fr. ceg mouth, opening, entrance.]

1. To stop the mouth of, by thrusting sometimes in, so as to hinder speaking; hence, to silence by authority or by violence; not to allow freedom of speech to. Marvell. The time was not yet come when eloquence was to be gagged, and reason to be hood winked. Maccaulay.

2. To pry or hold open by means of a gag. Mouths gagged to such a wideness. Fortescue (Transl. ).

3. To cause to heave with nausea.

Gag, v. i.

1. To heave with nausea; to retch.

2. To introduce gags or interpolations. See Gag, n., 3. [Slang] Cornill Mag.

Gag, n.

1. Sometimes thrust into the mouth or throat to hinder speaking.

2. A mouthful that makes one retch; a choking bit; as, a gag of mutton fat. Lamb.

3. A speech or phrase interpolated offhand by an actor on the stage in his part as written, usually consisting of some seasonable or local allusion. [Slang] Gag rein (Harness), a rein for drawing the bit upward in the horse's mouth.

– Gag runner (Harness), a loop on the throat latch guiding the gag rein.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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