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gag 1 Verb [gagging, gagged] 1. to choke as if about to vomit or as if struggling for breath 2. to stop up (a person's mouth), usually with a piece of cloth, to prevent them from speaking or crying out 3. to deprive of free speech Noun 1. something, usually a piece of cloth, stuffed into or tied across the mouth 2. any restraint on free speech 3. a device for keeping the jaws apart: a dentist's gag [Middle English gaggen] gag 2 Informal Noun a joke, usually one told by a professional comedian Verb [gagging, gagged] to tell jokes [origin unknown]
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gag 1 gag 2 Translationsvt [+ prisoner etc] → amordazar vi (= choke) → tener arcadas vt [+ prisoner etc] → bâillonner vi (= choke) → étouffer (joke) → Gag m vt → knebeln vi → würgen vt [+ prisoner etc] → imbavagliare vi (= choke) → soffocare |
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Then he rolled him over and stuffed a gag of the same material between his teeth, securing it with a strip wound about the back of his victim's head. When I awoke suddenly it was to find a half-dozen powerful men upon me, a gag already in my mouth, and a moment later my arms and legs securely bound. He had opened his mouth to answer the hermit, when the mouth was stopped and the voice strangled by a strong, soft gag suddenly twisted round his head like a tourniquet. |
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