Meaning of gag | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Abbreviation of group-specific antigen.
   abbreviation, alt-of
2. ISO 639-3 language code for Gagauz
3. 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.
   countable, uncountable
4. Initialism of glycosaminoglycan.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
5. glycosaminoglycan
6. 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
7. An order or rule forbidding discussion of a case or subject.
   countable, uncountable
8. Words or actions intended to excite laughter or amusement:jape, jest, joke, quip, witticism.
9. An order or rule forbidding discussion of a case or subject
10. Any suppression of freedom of speech.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
11. To hold (something requiring an outlet) in check:burke, choke (back), hold back, hold down, hush (up), muffle, quench, repress, smother, squelch, stifle, strangle, suppress, throttle.
12. Any suppression of freedom of speech
13. A joke or other mischievous prank.
    countable, uncountable
14. something which is put in or over a person's mouth to prevent him talking or making a noise. die mond snoer كِمامَه кърпа mordaça roubík der Knebel knebel φίμωτροmordaza suutropp دهان بند suukapula bâillon מַחסוֹם לַפֶּה मुख बन्धनी predmet gurnuti u usta žrtve da je se ušutka szájpecek mulut kefli bavaglio さるぐつわ (목소리를 못 내게)입에 물리는 것 kamštis, kaištis sprūds; vīkšķis penyumbat mondpropknebel, munnkurv knebel چوپول mordaça căluş кляп zátka (na zapchatie úst) čep za usta povez za usta munkavle สิ่...
15. A joke or other mischievous prank
16. a device or trick used to create a practical effect; a gimmick
    countable, uncountable
17. A convulsion of the upper digestive tract.
    countable, uncountable
18. abrebocas, instrumento para mantener la boca abierta durante ciertas intervenciones quirúrgicas;___ reflex → reflejo de arqueada.
19. A mouthful that makes one retch or choke.
    archaic, countable, uncountable
20. Something forced into or put over the mouth to prevent speaking or crying out.
21. Unscripted lines introduced by an actor into his part.
    archaic, slang, uncountable
22. An obstacle to or a censoring of free speech.
23. Mycteroperca microlepis, a species of grouper.
    countable, uncountable
24. A device placed in the mouth to keep it open, as in dentistry.
25. A shocking or surprising thing.
    countable, uncountable
26. A practical joke: played a gag on his roommates.
27. The act or an instance of gagging or choking.

Equivalents

Examples

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

“Civil Court blocks PM's gag on free speech”

“We all know how genius “Kamp Krusty,” “A Streetcar Named Marge,” “Homer The Heretic,” “Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie” and “Mr. Plow” are, but even the relatively unheralded episodes offer wall-to-wall laughs and some of the smartest, darkest, and weirdest gags ever Trojan-horsed into a network cartoon with a massive family audience.”

“On Hacksaw Ridge, Oliver and his team of effects artisans devised gags for that spectacular flamethrower shot along with other devastating body and bullet hits, and several mortar and full-scale explosions, all aimed at communicating the reality of battle.”

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

“...and to take that fire behind the bony bars of the chest and into the tower of the windpipe, in one breath, before you choke on a gag of air thickened from the last breath of the executed the breathing of hot barrels and blood streaming on concrete,...”

“"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.”

“[…] and my actors imbibe a reverence for their author, sir, which reverence I regret to observe is fast vanishing, in other places, under the baneful influence of gag, sir, gag! We play no pranks with the text, sir, in my company; if you cannot improve your author, which is generally doubtful, don't make him worse than he is.”

“The intelligent perfumer will evolve "gag" as he goes to suit the circumstances,[…]”

“The shallow water groups (Family Serranidae), including gag (Mycteroperca microlepis), black grouper (M. bonaci), scamp (M. phenax), and red grouper (Epinephalus morio), support major commercial and recreational fisheries in the southeastern United States.”

“That’s why it was a surprise when Elecktra Bionic won instead of her. No queen in Drag Race history had ever won with no challenge wins before Elecktra, so to say it was a gag would be an understatement.”

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