Gag

Quick meaning: Gag is a noun meaning 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.

Meaning

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.

More Meanings

1. (law) An order or rule forbidding discussion of a case or subject.
2. (figurative) Any suppression of freedom of speech.
3. A joke or other mischievous prank.
4. (film) a device or trick used to create a practical effect; a gimmick
5. A convulsion of the upper digestive tract.
6. (archaic) A mouthful that makes one retch or choke.
7. (archaic, slang, uncountable) Unscripted lines introduced by an actor into his part.

Example Sentences

Civil Court blocks PM's gag on free speech

Blood may seep to the back of the throat and may clot, producing an “artificial gag” of clotted blood.

L. has recorded the repugnance of the school to gags, or the fat of fresh beef boiled, and sets it down to some superstition.

"The Critic" has long been known in the theatre as a "gag-piece;" that is, a play which the performers consider themselves entitled to treat with the most merciless licence.

Word Forms

• gags
• gagging
• gagged

Synonyms for gag

Depending on context, synonyms include heave, quip, fret, wheeze, jest, joke.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include choke, suffocate, quip, jest, wheeze, fret.

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