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gag
1[ gag ]
verb (used with object)
- to stop up the mouth of (a person) by putting something in it, thus preventing speech, shouts, etc.
- to restrain by force or authority from freedom of speech; silence.
- to fasten open the jaws of, as in surgical operations.
- to cause to retch or choke.
- Metalworking. to straighten or bend (a bar, rail, etc.) with a gag.
verb (used without object)
- to retch or choke.
noun
- something put into a person's mouth to prevent speech, shouting, etc.
- any forced or arbitrary suppression of freedom of speech.
- a surgical instrument for holding the jaws open.
- Metalworking. a shaped block of steel used with a press to straighten or bend a bar, rail, etc.
gag
2[ gag ]
noun
- a joke, especially one introduced into a script or an actor's part.
- any contrived piece of wordplay or horseplay.
verb (used without object)
- to tell jokes or make amusing remarks.
- to introduce gags in acting.
- to play on another's credulity, as by telling false stories.
verb (used with object)
- to introduce usually comic interpolations into (a script, an actor's part, or the like) (usually followed by up ).
gag
3[ gag ]
noun
- a serranid game fish, Mycteroperca microlepsis, found along the southeastern coast of the United States.
- any of several related fishes.
gag
1/ ɡæɡ /
verb
- tr to stop up (a person's mouth), esp with a piece of cloth, etc, to prevent him or her from speaking or crying out
- tr to suppress or censor (free expression, information, etc)
- to retch or cause to retch
- intr to struggle for breath; choke
- tr to hold (the jaws) of (a person or animal) apart with a surgical gag
- tr to apply a gag-bit to (a horse)
- be gagging for or be gagging to slang.to be very eager to have or do something
noun
- a piece of cloth, rope, etc, stuffed into or tied across the mouth
- any restraint on or suppression of information, free speech, etc
- a surgical device for keeping the jaws apart, as during a tonsillectomy
- parliamentary procedure another word for closure
gag
2/ ɡæɡ /
noun
- a joke or humorous story, esp one told by a professional comedian
- a hoax, practical joke, etc
he did it for a gag
verb
- intr to tell jokes or funny stories, as comedians in nightclubs, etc
- often foll by up theatre
- to interpolate lines or business not in the actor's stage part, usually comic and improvised
- to perform a stage jest, either spoken or based on movement
Word History and Origins
Origin of gag1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gag1
Origin of gag2
Example Sentences
Bong must have gambled that the gag would be kitschy, if still overdone.
His best bit was a roundabout gag that sent up “Emilia Pérez” star Karla Sofìa Gascón, whose firestorm of vehemently racist tweets uncovered in the weeks before the ceremony undoubtedly jeopardized her chances of winning.
David Webb Peoples wrote a legendary script in the late 1970s, a time when westerns could have running gags, cynical wisdom and big-time reversals of fortune.
Yet, it’s disappointment that Perkins serves up most frequently in “The Monkey,” detouring from every wide-open chance to showcase depth and humanity in favor of juvenile humor and gross-out splatter gags.
Apart from one or two very specific gags like that, it seems to be embraced.
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