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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024gag1 /gæg/USA pronunciation v., gagged, gag•ging, n. v. - to stop up the mouth of (a person) by inserting a gag:[~ + object]They gagged their prisoner.
- to prevent (a newspaper or writer) from exercising free speech:[~ + object]The newspapers were gagged by government decree.
- Physiologyto (cause to) retch or choke: [no object]She gagged on the strong whiskey.[~ + object]The strong whiskey gagged her.
n. [countable] - something put into a person's mouth to prevent speech, shouting, etc.
- any forced suppression of free speech:a gag on war reporting.
gag2 /gæg/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Informal Termsa joke or prank:played a gag on him by pretending he had won the lottery.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024gag1 (gag),USA pronunciation v., gagged, gag•ging, n. v.t. - to stop up the mouth of (a person) by putting something in it, thus preventing speech, shouts, etc.
- to restrain by force or authority from freedom of speech;
silence. - Surgeryto fasten open the jaws of, as in surgical operations.
- Physiologyto cause to retch or choke.
- Metallurgyto straighten or bend (a bar, rail, etc.) with a gag.
v.i. - Physiologyto retch or choke.
n. - something put into a person's mouth to prevent speech, shouting, etc.
- any forced or arbitrary suppression of freedom of speech.
- Surgerya surgical instrument for holding the jaws open.
- Metallurgya shaped block of steel used with a press to straighten or bend a bar, rail, etc.
- 1400–50; late Middle English gaggen to suffocate; perh. imitative of the sound made in choking
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged curb, stifle, suppress.
gag2 (gag),USA pronunciation n., v., gagged, gag•ging. [Informal.]n. - Informal Termsa joke, esp. one introduced into a script or an actor's part.
- Informal Termsany contrived piece of wordplay or horseplay.
v.i. - Informal Termsto tell jokes or make amusing remarks.
- Informal Termsto introduce gags in acting.
- Informal Termsto play on another's credulity, as by telling false stories.
v.t. - Informal Termsto introduce usually comic interpolations into (a script, an actor's part, or the like) (usually fol. by up).
- 1770–80; perh. special use of gag1; compare Old Norse gagg yelp
- Fisha serranid game fish, Mycteroperca microlepsis, found along the southeastern coast of the U.S.
- Fishany of several related fishes.
- origin, originally uncertain 1880–85, American.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: gag /ɡæɡ/ vb (gags, gagging, gagged)- (transitive) to stop up (a person's mouth), esp with a piece of cloth, etc, to prevent him or her from speaking or crying out
- (transitive) to suppress or censor (free expression, information, etc)
- to retch or cause to retch
- (intransitive) to struggle for breath; choke
- (transitive) to hold (the jaws) of (a person or animal) apart with a surgical gag
- (transitive) to apply a gag-bit to (a horse)
- be gagging for, be gagging to ⇒ slang to be very eager to have or do something
n - a piece of cloth, rope, etc, stuffed into or tied across the mouth
- any restraint on or suppression of information, free speech, etc
- a surgical device for keeping the jaws apart, as during a tonsillectomy
Etymology: 15th Century gaggen; perhaps imitative of a gasping sound gag /ɡæɡ/ informal n - a joke or humorous story, esp one told by a professional comedian
- a hoax, practical joke, etc: he did it for a gag
vb (gags, gagging, gagged)- (intransitive) to tell jokes or funny stories, as comedians in nightclubs, etc
- (often followed by up) to interpolate lines or business not in the actor's stage part, usually comic and improvised
- to perform a stage jest, either spoken or based on movement
Etymology: 19th Century: perhaps special use of gag1 |