Noun
restraint put into a person''s mouth to prevent speaking or shouting

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 hisown jest"; "even a schoolboy''s jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point"

Verb
make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit

Verb
cause to retch or choke

Verb
struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"

Verb
make jokes or quips; "The students were gagging during dinner"

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"

Verb
be too tight; rub or press; "This neckband is choking the cat"

Verb
prevent from speaking out; "The press was gagged"

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v. t.
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.

v. t.
To pry or hold open by means of a gag.

v. t.
To cause to heave with nausea.

v. i.
To heave with nausea; to retch.

v. i.
To introduce gags or interpolations. See Gag, n., 3.

n.
Something thrust into the mouth or throat to hinder speaking.

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

n.
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.

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Gag

Gag , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gagged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Gagging .] [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.

2. To pry or hold open by means of a gag.

Mouths gagged to such a wideness.

3. To cause to heave with nausea.

Gag

Gag, v. i. 1. To heave with nausea; to retch. 2. To introduce gags or interpolations. See Gag, n., 3. [Slang] Cornill Mag.

Gag

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.

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.

To heave with nausea; to retch.

Sometimes thrust into the mouth or throat to hinder speaking.