Gag Definition

găg
gagged, gagging, gags
noun
gags
Something put into or over the mouth to prevent talking, crying out, etc.
Webster's New World
Any restraint of free speech.
Webster's New World
A device for holding the jaws open for dental work or for any surgery inside the mouth.
Webster's New World
A comical remark or act; joke, as one interpolated by an actor on the stage.
Webster's New World
A practical joke or hoax.
Webster's New World
verb
gagged, gagging, gags
To retch or choke.
Webster's New World
To prevent from speaking or crying out by using a gag.
American Heritage
To cause to retch or choke.
Webster's New World
To keep from speaking or expressing oneself freely, as by intimidation.
Webster's New World
To prevent or limit speech in (a legislative body)
Webster's New World
abbreviation
Glycosaminoglycan.
American Heritage Medicine
Group specific antigens.
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Other Word Forms of Gag

Noun

Singular:
gag
Plural:
gags

Origin of Gag

  • From Middle English gaggen to suffocate perhaps of imitative origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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