Definition of gag Gag
/gΓ¦Λg/ - [gatg] - gag
We found 29 definitions of gag from 7 different sources.
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What does gag mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: gags |
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| gag - restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting | ||
| muzzle | ||
| constraint, restraint the act of constraining; the threat or use of force to control the thoughts or behavior of others | ||
| gag - 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" | ||
| joke, laugh, jest, jape | ||
| witticism, wittiness, wit, humor, humour a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter | ||
| gag line, punch line, tag line, laugh line the point of a joke or humorous story | ||
| sidesplitter, thigh-slapper, wow, belly laugh, howler, scream, riot a joke that seems extremely funny | ||
| blue joke, blue story, dirty joke, dirty story an indelicate joke | ||
| ethnic joke a joke at the expense of some ethnic group | ||
| funny, funny remark, funny story, good story an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line); "she told a funny story"; "she made a funny" | ||
| in-joke a joke that is appreciated only by members of some particular group of people | ||
| one-liner a one-line joke | ||
| shaggy dog story a long rambling joke whose humor derives from its pointlessness | ||
| sick joke a joke in bad taste | ||
Verb |
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| gag - struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged" | ||
| choke, strangle, suffocate | ||
| hurt, suffer give trouble or pain to; "This exercise will hurt your back" | ||
| gag - make jokes or quips; "The students were gagging during dinner" | ||
| quip | ||
| jest, joke act in a funny or teasing way | ||
| gag - tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them; "The burglars gagged the home owner and tied him to a chair" | ||
| muzzle | ||
| tie, bind form a knot or bow in; "tie a necktie" | ||
| gag - prevent from speaking out; "The press was gagged" | ||
| muzzle | ||
| hush up, silence, quieten, shut up, still, hush keep from expression, for example by threats or pressure; "All dissenters were silenced when the dictator assumed power" | ||
| gag - make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit | ||
| heave, retch | ||
| gag - cause to retch or choke | ||
| choke | ||
| sicken get sick; "She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital" | ||
| gag - be too tight; rub or press; "This neckband is choking the cat" | ||
| choke, fret | ||
| compress, constrict, compact, contract, squeeze, press squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- gag (Noun)
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. - gag (Noun)
An order or rule forbidding discussion of a case or subject. - gag (Noun)
A joke or other mischievous prank. - gag (Noun)
A convulsion of the upper digestive tract . - gag (Verb)
To experience the vomiting reflex. - gag (Verb)
To restrain someone's speech by blocking his or her mouth. - gag (Verb)
To restrain someone's speech without using physical means.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary π
- gag (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. - gag (v. t.)
To pry or hold open by means of a gag. - gag (v. t.)
To cause to heave with nausea. - gag (v. i.)
To heave with nausea; to retch. - gag (v. i.)
To introduce gags or interpolations. See Gag, n., 3. - gag (n.)
Something thrust into the mouth or throat to hinder speaking. - gag (n.)
A mouthful that makes one retch; a choking bit; as, a gag of mutton fat. - gag (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.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary π
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gag
gag, v.t. to forcibly stop the mouth: to silence: to choke up: to introduce gag into a piece:βpr.p. gagβ²ging; pa.p. gagged.βn. something thrust into the mouth or put over it to enforce silence, or distend the jaws during an operation: the closure applied in a debate: a mouthful which produces nausea, the fat of fresh beef boiled: (slang) an actor's interpolation: a joke or hoax.βn. Gagβ²ger, one who gags. [Prob. imitative of sound made in choking.] -
gag
gag, v.t. (slang) to deceive.βv.i. to practise imposture.βn. a made-up story, lie: (U.S.) a laughing-stock
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue π
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gag
An instrument used chiefly by housebreakers and thieves, for propping open the mouth of a person robbed, thereby to prevent his calling out for assistance.
Wikipedia 
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Gag is usually used to prevent someone from speaking. The gag is tied around a persons mouth and the person getting gagged is almost always tied up. The gag originates from the Bandana gag who where often used in old western movies to gag cowboys or other persons in robberys or other crimes.
Gags are also common in BDSM as a man or a women gets tied up and often gagged this is almost always with duct tape over the mouth or a hard bound bandana or gagball.
Their are different sorts of gags the one you put into the tied up persons mouth or around the mouth like duct tape and bandanas, bandanas can also be put into the mouth the same with ballgags.
Things often used as gags are Duct tape, Bandanas and gagballs.
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