gag
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -æɡ
[edit] Abbreviation
gag
[edit] Noun
gag (plural gags)
- A device to restrain speech, such as a rag in the mouth secured with tape or a rubber ball threaded onto a cord or strap.
- (law) An order or rule forbidding discussion of a case or subject..
- A joke or other mischievous prank.
- A convulsion of the upper digestive tract.
[edit] Synonyms
- (legal): gag order
- (joke): See also Wikisaurus:joke
[edit] Translations
A device to restrain speech
An order or rule forbidding discussion of a case or subject
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A joke or other mischievous prank
A convulsion of the upper digestive tract
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[edit] Verb
gag (third-person singular simple present gags, present participle gagging, simple past and past participle gagged)
- (intransitive) To experience the vomiting reflex.
- He gagged when he saw the open wound.
- (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) (U.S. Army, slang) To smoke: to order a recruit to exercise until he "gags" (usually spoken in exaggeration).
- (transitive) To restrain someone's speech by blocking his or her mouth.
- The victims could not speak because the burglar had gagged them with duct tape.
- (transitive, figuratively) To restrain someone's speech without using physical means.
- When the financial irregularities were discovered, the CEO gagged everyone in the accounting department.
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Translations
To experience the vomiting reflex
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To restrain someone's speech
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[edit] Occitan
[edit] Noun
gag m. (plural gags)
et:gag el:gag es:gag fa:gag fr:gag fy:gag gl:gag ko:gag hr:gag io:gag kn:gag lt:gag mg:gag ml:gag my:gag nl:gag oc:gag pl:gag ro:gag fi:gag sv:gag tl:gag ta:gag te:gag tr:gag vi:gag vo:gag wo:gag zh:gag
