[
UK
/ɡˈæɡ/
]
[ US /ˈɡæɡ/ ]
[ US /ˈɡæɡ/ ]
VERB
-
struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
he swallowed a fishbone and gagged - make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit
-
make jokes or quips
The students were gagging during dinner -
prevent from speaking out
The press was gagged -
be too tight; rub or press
This neckband is choking the cat -
tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them
The burglars gagged the home owner and tied him to a chair - cause to retch or choke
NOUN
-
a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest
he told a very funny joke
he knows a million gags
even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point
thanks for the laugh - restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting
How To Use gag In A Sentence
- He is engaged in a bitter struggle with his rival to get control of the company.
- “And now, Sir John de Walton,” he said, “methinks you are a little churlish in not ordering me some breakfast, after I have been all night engaged in your affairs; and a cup of muscadel would, I think, be no bad induction to a full consideration of this perplexed matter.” Castle Dangerous
- They 100 engage more in a dialogue that involves planning and equitable exchanges or balances of advantage.
- Rules exist to be violated, so that the ‘bastard’ may be more violently characterized and the audience engaged in revengeful fury.
- It sits a little lower and the lower floor means more luggage and interior space. The Sun
- We had engaged a very nice mare and stanhope, which we knew we could depend upon, when, the day before the race, the chestnut was declared lame, and not a presentable four-legged animal was to be hired in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846
- Spin, the tracks were mostly inspired by surfing, except for the instrumental "Lady Dada's Nightmare", which is an homage to Lady Gaga, and the title track, which is about "the world economic crisis. Pitchfork: Latest News
- This enables more active forms of mobilization, with many memberships engaged in various forms of collective action, often for the first times in their history.
- Armored Reconnaissance Battalion recon echo 1st plt 2/7 2/2 boeing AH-64 apache 2000 pound jdam us military calls multiple air strikes US air force predator UAV apache airtrikes airstrike in iraq night attack air strike on insurgents american military insurgents meet their virgins 30mm & hellfire killed by marine marines kill insurgents marines kicking insurgent ass apache attack f 16 strikes insurgents ah 64 engage insurgents engaged al qaeda WN.com - Articles related to US warned Britain: you must send more troops to Afghanistan
- The pain is so bad that I gag, a sickish feeling in my sinuses.
