gag

gag  (gg)

n.

1. Something forced into or put over the mouth to prevent speaking or crying out.

2. An obstacle to or a censoring of free speech.

3. A device placed in the mouth to keep it open, as in dentistry.

4.

a. A practical joke.

b. A comic effect or remark. See Synonyms at joke.

5. The act or an instance of gagging or choking.

v. gagged, gag·ging, gags

v.tr.

1. To prevent from speaking or crying out by using a gag.

2. To stop or restrain from exercising free speech: censorship laws aimed at gagging the press.

3. To cause to choke, retch, or undergo a regurgitative spasm.

4. To keep (the mouth) open by using a gag.

5. To block off or obstruct (a pipe or valve, for example).

v.intr.

1.

a. To experience a regurgitative spasm in the throat, as from revulsion to a food or smell or in reflexive response to an introduced object.

b. To retch or choke.

2. To make jokes or quips.

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[From Middle English gaggen, to suffocate, perhaps of imitative origin.]

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gag¹

vb gags, gagging, gagged

1. (tr) to stop up (a person's mouth), esp with a piece of cloth, etc., to prevent him or her from speaking or crying out

2. (tr) to suppress or censor (free expression, information, etc.)

3. to retch or cause to retch

4. (intr) to struggle for breath; choke

5. (Medicine) (tr) to hold (the jaws) of (a person or animal) apart with a surgical gag

6. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Training, Riding & Manège) (tr) to apply a gag-bit to (a horse)

be gagging for or to Slang to be very eager to have or do something

n

1. a piece of cloth, rope, etc., stuffed into or tied across the mouth

2. any restraint on or suppression of information, free speech, etc.

3. (Medicine) a surgical device for keeping the jaws apart, as during a tonsillectomy

4. (Law / Parliamentary Procedure) Parliamentary procedure another word for closure [4]

[C15 gaggen; perhaps imitative of a gasping sound]

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gag² Informal

n

1. a joke or humorous story, esp one told by a professional comedian

2. a hoax, practical joke, etc. he did it for a gag

vb gags, gagging, gagged

1. (intr) to tell jokes or funny stories, as comedians in nightclubs, etc.

2. (Performing Arts / Theatre) (often foll by up) Theatre

a.  to interpolate lines or business not in the actor's stage part, usually comic and improvised

b.  to perform a stage jest, either spoken or based on movement

[perhaps special use of gag¹]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	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" jape, jest, joke, laugh humor, wit, witticism, wittiness, 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 howler, sidesplitter, thigh-slapper, wow, belly laugh, riot, scream - 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 sight gag, visual joke - a joke whose effect is achieved by visual means rather than by speech (as in a movie)
	2.	gag - restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting muzzle constraint, restraint - a device that retards something's motion; "the car did not have proper restraints fitted"
Verb	1.	gag - prevent from speaking out; "The press was gagged" muzzle silence, still, hush, hush up, quieten, shut up - cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!"
	2.	gag - be too tight; rub or press; "This neckband is choking the cat" choke, fret constrict, compress, contract, compact, press, squeeze - squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"
	3.	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 - fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord; "They tied their victim to the chair"
	4.	gag - make jokes or quips; "The students were gagging during dinner" quip jest, joke - tell a joke; speak humorously; "He often jokes even when he appears serious"
	5.	gag - struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged" choke, strangle, suffocate suffer, hurt - feel pain or be in pain
	6.	gag - cause to retch or choke choke sicken - make sick or ill; "This kind of food sickens me"
	7.	gag - make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit retch, heave

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gag¹

noun

muzzle, tie, restraint His captors had put a gag of thick leather in his mouth.

verb

1. silence, muffle, muzzle, quieten, stifle, stop up I gagged him with a towel.

2. suppress, silence, subdue, muffle, curb, stifle, muzzle, quieten a journalist who claimed he was gagged by his bosses

3. retch, choke, heave I knelt by the toilet and gagged.

be gagging for something or be gagging to do something crave, want, desire, long for, yearn for, be desperate for, cry out for (informal), thirst for, hunger for, lust after, be eager for, be dying for, would give your eyeteeth for Men everywhere are gagging for a car like this.

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gag²

noun (Informal) joke, crack (slang), funny (informal), quip, pun, jest, wisecrack (informal), sally, witticism He made a gag about bald men.

Translations

gag [gæg]

A. N

1. (over mouth) → mordaza f (Parl) → clausura f
the new law will effectively put a gag on the free press → en efecto la nueva ley va a poner una mordaza a la prensa libre

2. (= joke) → chiste m; (= hoax) → broma f; (= gimmick) → truco m publicitario
it's a gag to raise funds → es un truco para recaudar fondos

B. VT [+ prisoner] → amordazar (fig) → amordazar, hacer callar (Parl) → clausurar

C. VI (= retch) → tener arcadas
to gag on [+ food] → atragantarse con
to be gagging for it → estar calentón or cachondo

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gag [ˈgæg]

n

(over mouth) → bâillon m

(= joke) → gag m

vt

[+ prisoner] → bâillonner

to be gagged (= prevented from speaking) → être muselé

vi

(= choke) → étouffer
to gag on sth → s'étouffer avec qch

to be gagging to do sth > → crever d'envie de faire qch >

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gag

n

→ Knebel m; (Med) → Mundsperre f; to put a gag on the press → die Presse mundtot machen

(= joke) → Gag m

vt → knebeln; (Med) → die Mundsperre einlegen (+dat); (fig) person → zum Schweigen bringen; press etc → mundtot machen, knebeln

vi

(= joke) → Witze machen; (comedian) → Gags machen; …, he gagged → …, witzelte er

(= retch) → würgen (→ on an +dat)

to be gagging for something (inf) → scharf auf etw (acc) → sein; to be gagging for it (sl) → geil wie Bock sein (sl)

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gag [gæg]

1. n

a. (over mouth) → bavaglio

b. (fam) (joke) → battuta, gag f inv

2. vt (silence, prisoner) → imbavagliare

3. vi (choke) → soffocare; (retch) → avere conati di vomito

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gag [gæg]

1. n

a. (over mouth) → bavaglio

b. (fam) (joke) → battuta, gag f inv

2. vt (silence, prisoner) → imbavagliare

3. vi (choke) → soffocare; (retch) → avere conati di vomito

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gag

v gag [gӕg]

1 to prevent (a person) talking or making a noise, by putting something in or over his mouth The guards tied up and gagged the prisoners. mond snoer يُكَمِّم فَم، يُخْرِس запушвам устата на dát roubík, zacpat ústa kneble knebeln φιμώνω amordazar suud kinni toppima دهان کسی را بستن laittaa suukapula bâillonner לִסתוֹם פִּיו שֶׁל- मुंह बन्द करना ušutkati betöm (szájat) membungkam kefla imbavagliare さるぐつわをはめる 말못하게 재갈을 물리다 užkimšti burną piespiest klusēt; neļaut runāt; aizbāzt muti (ar vīkšķi) sumbat de mond snoeren kneble, sette munnkurv på kneblować amordaçar a pune căluş вставлять кляп zapchať ústa zamašiti usta ućutkati lägga munkavle på อุดปาก ağzını tıkamak 堵住嘴巴 вставляти кляп; затикати рота منہ میں کچھ رکھ کر خاموش کرنا bịt miệng 堵住...的口，塞物于...的口中

2 to choke and almost be sick. stik يَخْتَنِق предизвиквам гадене dusit se have opkastningsfornemmelser mundtot machen πνίγομαι dar arcadas, tener náuseas öökima عق زدن kakistella avoir des haut-le-coeur לְהיתָקַע בַּגָרוֹן मुंह पर ढेंठी लगाना zagrcnuti se elnémít tercekik kúgast avere conati di vomito げえげえいわせる 숨이 막히다 springti rīstīties menjeluak kokhalzen få i vrangstrupen, holde på å kaste opp dławić się engasgar-se a se sufoca давиться zabehnúť, napínať na zvracanie daviti se zagrcnuti se få kväljningar, vilja kräkas คลื่นเหียน öğürmek 噎到想嘔吐 давитися ابکائی آنا nghẹn 使窒息

n

something which is put in or over a person's mouth to prevent him talking or making a noise. die mond snoer كِمامَه кърпа roubík knebel der Knebel φίμωτρο mordaza suutropp دهان بند suukapula bâillon מַחסוֹם לַפֶּה मुख बन्धनी predmet gurnuti u usta žrtve da je se ušutka szájpecek mulut kefli bavaglio さるぐつわ (목소리를 못 내게)입에 물리는 것 kamštis, kaištis sprūds; vīkšķis penyumbat mondprop knebel, munnkurv knebel mordaça căluş кляп zátka (na zapchatie úst) čep za usta povez za usta munkavle สิ่งปิดปากไม่ให้มีเสียงลอดออกมา tıkaç 堵嘴物 затичка, кляп کسی کا منہ بند کرنے کے لۓ استعمال ہونے والی شے cái bịt miệng 堵嘴物