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gag::verb | Spocien Dictionary

gag

/ɡæɡ/

prevent from speaking out

Type	Words
Synonyms	muzzle
Type of	hush, still, hush up, quieten, shut up, silence

The press was gagged.

gag::verb | Spocien Dictionary

gag

/ɡæɡ/

make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit

Type	Words
Synonyms	heave, retch

gag::verb | Spocien Dictionary

gag

/ɡæɡ/

tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them

Type	Words
Synonyms	muzzle
Type of	tie, bind

The burglars gagged the home owner and tied him to a chair.

gag::verb | Spocien Dictionary

gag

/ɡæɡ/

make jokes or quips

Type	Words
Synonyms	quip
Type of	jest, joke

The students were gagging during dinner.

gag::verb | Spocien Dictionary

gag

/ɡæɡ/

struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake

Type	Words
Synonyms	choke, strangle, suffocate
Type of	suffer, hurt

he swallowed a fishbone and gagged.

gag::noun | Spocien Dictionary

gag

/ɡæɡ/

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

Type	Words
Synonyms	muzzle
Type of	constraint, restraint

gag::noun | Spocien Dictionary

gag

/ɡæɡ/

a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter

Type	Words
Synonyms	jape, jest, joke, laugh
Type of	humor, humour, wittiness, wit, witticism
Has types	ethnic joke, funny, funny remark, funny story, good story, belly laugh, in-joke, one-liner, howler, blue joke, blue story, dirty joke, dirty story, riot, scream, shaggy dog story, sick joke, sidesplitter, sight gag, thigh-slapper, visual joke, wow
Derivation	gagster

he knows a million gags.

gag::verb | Spocien Dictionary

gag

/ɡæɡ/

be too tight; rub or press

Type	Words
Synonyms	choke, fret
Type of	contract, compress, constrict, squeeze, press, compact

gag::verb | Spocien Dictionary

gag

/ɡæɡ/

cause to retch or choke

Type	Words
Synonyms	choke
Type of	sicken