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English to English noun
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a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter |  | Example: he told a very funny joke
he knows a million gags
thanks for the laugh
he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest
even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point
source: wordnet30
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restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting | | source: wordnet30
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Something thrust into the mouth or throat to hinder speaking. | | source: webster1913 verb
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prevent from speaking out | | Example: The press was gagged
source: wordnet30
| 5 |
be too tight; rub or press | | Example: This neckband is choking the cat
source: wordnet30
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tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them | | Example: The burglars gagged the home owner and tied him to a chair
source: wordnet30
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make jokes or quips | | Example: The students were gagging during dinner
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struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake | | Example: he swallowed a fishbone and gagged
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cause to retch or choke | | source: wordnet30
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make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit | | source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
| 12 |
To heave with nausea; to retch. | | source: webster1913
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