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The definition of a gag is a prank or a joke, or something placed over a person's mouth to stop him from making noise, or a restriction that prevents free speech.

(noun)

A prank where you put a whoopie cushion on someone's chair is an example of a gag.
A balled-up sock stuffed into the mouth of a kidnap victim so he cannot scream is an example of a gag.
When the judge in a high-profile case orders the parties not to talk to the press about the case, this is an example of a gag.

To gag is defined as to choke or wretch, or to prevent someone from speaking.

(verb)

When you stick your finger down your throat and you start to wretch and vomit, this is an example of a time when you gag.
When you stick a piece of tape over someone's mouth so he cannot scream, this is an example of gag.

See gag in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb gagged, gagging

to cause to retch or choke
to put something over or into the mouth of, so as to keep from talking, crying out, etc.
to keep from speaking or expressing oneself freely, as by intimidation
to prevent or limit speech in (a legislative body)
Mech. to choke or stop up (a valve, etc.)

Origin: ME gaggen, of echoic orig.

intransitive verb

to retch or choke
Informal to make a gag or gags; joke

noun

something put into or over the mouth to prevent talking, crying out, etc.
☆ any restraint of free speech
a device for holding the jaws open for dental work or for any surgery inside the mouth
1. a comical remark or act; joke, as one interpolated by an actor on the stage
2. a practical joke or hoax

See gag in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Something forced into or put over the mouth to prevent speaking or crying out.
An obstacle to or a censoring of free speech.
A device placed in the mouth to keep it open, as in dentistry.
a. A practical joke.
b. A comic effect or remark. See Synonyms at joke.
The act or an instance of gagging or choking.

verb gagged gagged, gag·ging, gags

verb, transitive

To prevent from speaking or crying out by using a gag.
To stop or restrain from exercising free speech: censorship laws aimed at gagging the press.
To cause to choke, retch, or undergo a regurgitative spasm.
To keep (the mouth) open by using a gag.
To block off or obstruct (a pipe or valve, for example).

verb, intransitive

a. To experience a regurgitative spasm in the throat, as from revulsion to a food or smell or in reflexive response to an introduced object.
b. To retch or choke.
To make jokes or quips.

Origin:

Origin: From Middle English gaggen, to suffocate

Origin: , perhaps of imitative origin

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