/gæˈgz/ - [gatgz] -
We found 3 definitions of gags from 2 different sources.
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" |