gag

IPA: gˈæg

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.
(figurative) Any suppression of freedom of speech.
A joke or other mischievous prank.
(film) a device or trick used to create a practical effect; a gimmick
A convulsion of the upper digestive tract.
(archaic) A mouthful that makes one retch or choke.
(archaic, slang, uncountable) Unscripted lines introduced by an actor into his part.
Mycteroperca microlepis, a species of grouper.
Abbreviation of group-specific antigen. [The genetic material that codes for the structural protein of a retrovirus.]

(intransitive) To experience the vomiting reflex.
(transitive) To cause to heave with nausea.
(transitive) To restrain someone's speech by blocking his or her mouth.
(transitive) To pry or hold open by means of a gag.
(transitive, figuratively) To restrain someone's speech without using physical means.
(transitive, intransitive) To choke; to retch.
(transitive, intransitive, obsolete, slang) To deceive (someone); to con.
(transitive, intransitive, slang, LGBT) To astonish (someone); (to cause someone) to be at a loss for words; to leave speechless; to be left speechless.

Examples of "gag" in Sentences

The “Colbert Report” gag is getting very tiresome.
More Woody: The title gag goes as follows | FreakyTrigger
Seriously though, your gag is just spamming up the place.
(A Lion King sight gag is one of the pilot episode's best.)
March 23rd, 2010 at 9: 36 pm glamourdammerung says: hunt, the borat gag is getting old.
I was too young to realize that the title gag was about drugs, but I still thought it was hilarious.
Thus as the NDTV has rightly said - "Orissa cops have taken the term gag order to a new level altogether."
I dont know what the old bear gag is but i like to take empty rifle bullets and throw them in the fire when everyone is watching!
These two have an awesome rapport, and we think you'll agree that the last one featuring a funny "it was all a dream" gag is the best.