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What (who) is Gag - definition
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GAG
gag
DEVICE DESIGNED TO PREVENT SPEECH
Gagged; Gagging; Stuff gag; Gags; Mouth gag
gag1
¦ noun
1. a piece of cloth put in or over a person's mouth to prevent them from speaking.
2. a device for keeping the patient's mouth open during a dental or surgical operation.
3. a restriction on free speech.
¦ verb (gags, gagging, gagged)
1. put a gag on.
prevent from speaking freely.
2. choke or retch.
Origin
ME: perh. related to ON gaghals 'with the neck thrown back', or imitative of a person choking.
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gag2
¦ noun a joke or funny story, especially one forming part of a comedian's act.
¦ verb tell jokes.
Origin
C19 (orig. theatrical sl.): of unknown origin.
gag
DEVICE DESIGNED TO PREVENT SPEECH
Gagged; Gagging; Stuff gag; Gags; Mouth gag
I. v. a.
Silence, stifle, muzzle, muffle.
II. v. n.
Retch, keck (rare).
Gag
DEVICE DESIGNED TO PREVENT SPEECH
Gagged; Gagging; Stuff gag; Gags; Mouth gag
·vt To cause to heave with nausea.
II. Gag ·vt To pry or hold open by means of a gag.
III. Gag ·vi To introduce gags or interpolations. ·see Gag, ·noun, 3.
IV. Gag ·vi To heave with nausea; to Retch.
V. Gag ·noun Something thrust into the mouth or throat to hinder speaking.
VI. Gag ·noun A mouthful that makes one retch; a choking bit; as, a gag of mutton fat.
VII. Gag ·noun A speech or phrase interpolated offhand by an actor on the stage in his part as written, usually consisting of some seasonable or local allusion.
VIII. Gag ·vt To stop the mouth of, by thrusting sometimes in, so as to hinder speaking; hence, to silence by authority or by violence; not to allow freedom of speech to.
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Gag (disambiguation)
Gag is a device designed to prevent speech.
Gag or the acronym GAG may also refer to:
Examples of use of Gag
1. The bit is vile, vulgar, obscene and offensive; it‘s a gag that could make you gag.
2. It‘s there in her comic novels, which deliver gag after gag without missing a beat.
3. Gag order in case District Attorney David Lupas declined to comment on the case, citing a judge‘s gag order, but prosecutors are expected to call about 50 witnesses.
4. Attorneys would not comment because of a gag order.
5. The gag order on the affair was partially lifted yesterday.