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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) | ||
gag n 1: 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" [syn: joke, gag, laugh, jest, jape] 2: restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting [syn: gag, muzzle] v 1: prevent from speaking out; "The press was gagged" [syn: gag, muzzle] 2: be too tight; rub or press; "This neckband is choking the cat" [syn: choke, gag, fret] 3: tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them; "The burglars gagged the home owner and tied him to a chair" [syn: gag, muzzle] 4: make jokes or quips; "The students were gagging during dinner" [syn: gag, quip] 5: struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged" [syn: gag, choke, strangle, suffocate] 6: cause to retch or choke [syn: gag, choke] 7: make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit [syn: gag, heave, retch] | ||
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Gag \Gag\, n. 1. Something thrust into the mouth or throat to hinder speaking. [1913 Webster] 2. A mouthful that makes one retch; a choking bit; as, a gag of mutton fat. --Lamb. [1913 Webster] 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] | ||
3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
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. [1913 Webster] The time was not yet come when eloquence was to be gagged, and reason to be hood winked. --Maccaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. To pry or hold open by means of a gag. [1913 Webster] Mouths gagged to such a wideness. --Fortescue (Transl.). [1913 Webster] 3. To cause to heave with nausea. [1913 Webster] | ||
4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Gag \Gag\, v. i. 1. To heave with nausea; to retch. [1913 Webster] 2. To introduce gags or interpolations. See Gag, n., 3. [Slang] --Cornill Mag. [1913 Webster] | ||
5. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018) | ||
gag Equivalent to choke, but connotes more disgust. "Hey, this is Fortran code. No wonder the C compiler gagged." See also barf. [Jargon File] | ||
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