gag
IPA: gˈæg
noun
- 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.]
verb
- (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 gag received an uproarious reception.
- This was one of the running gags of the parody.
- The air was thick with the gagging scent of decay.
- The spies tie and gag the pilots and hijack the plane.
- Dissenters call the plot ridiculous and the gags tiresome.
- The misogyny present throughout the comic is gag inducing.
- There are gags and reels galore at Eastgate film festival.
- With gag after gag this comedy plays out in a harebrained fashion.
- A long running gag is that Garfield is a ravenous and gluttonous eater.
- The gags are plenty as the Gophers continue to outwit their canine nemesis.