gag
Other forms: gagged; gags; gagging
A gag is a piece of cloth that's tied around a person's face to keep them from speaking or being heard. Cartoon bad guys often tie up their victims and put gags over their mouths.
To use a gag for shutting someone up is to gag them. Both the noun and verb forms of gag can also be figurative: "Her government is trying to gag her by censoring her," or "The lack of a right to free speech in some countries is a gag." Another way to gag is to retch, or begin to vomit. The root of gag is probably the Old Norse gag-hals, "with head thrown back."
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restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shoutingsynonyms: muzzle
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prevent from speaking out
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tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them
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struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
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be too tight; rub or press
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cause to retch or choke
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make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit
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a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter“he knows a million gags”types:belly laugh, howler, riot, scream, sidesplitter, thigh-slapper, wowa joke that seems extremely funnyethnic jokea joke at the expense of some ethnic groupfunny, funny remark, funny story, good storyan account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line)in-jokea joke that is appreciated only by members of some particular group of peopleone-linera very short joke or funny remarkshaggy dog storya long rambling joke whose humor derives from its pointlessnesssick jokea joke in bad tastesight gag, visual jokea joke whose effect is achieved by visual means rather than by speech (as in a movie)
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make jokes or quips
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