gag

Definitions of gag in various dictionaries:

noun - a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter

noun - restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting

verb - prevent from speaking out

verb - be too tight

verb - tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them

verb - make jokes or quips

verb - struggle for breath

verb - cause to retch or choke

verb - make an unsuccessful effort to vomit

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

An obstacle to or a censoring of free speech.

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

A practical joke.

A comic effect or remark.

The act or an instance of gagging or choking.

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

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

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

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

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

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

To retch or choke.

To make jokes or quips.

verb - to stop up the mouth

GAG - A gag is designed to prevent speech or the subject making noise. This may be by blocking the mouth partially or completely to preventing the tongue, ...