gag
(Informal)
[verb]
Synonyms:
- suppress, curb, muffle, muzzle, quiet, silence, stifle, stop up
- retch, heave, puke (slang), spew, throw up (informal), vomit
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[noun]
joke, crack (slang), funny (informal), hoax, jest, wisecrack (informal), witticism

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Related Words: ruse, trick, wile

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English Thesaurus: joke, funny story, gag, one-liner, wisecrack, ...

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I. gag¹ /ɡæɡ/ verb (past tense and past participle gagged, present participle gagging)
[Date: 1400-1500; Origin: Probably from the sound of someone being prevented from breathing]

1. [intransitive] to be unable to swallow and feel as if you are about to bring up food from your stomach:
The foul smell made her gag.
gag on
He almost gagged on his first mouthful of food.

2. [transitive] to put a piece of cloth over someone’s mouth to stop them making a noise:
Thugs gagged her and tied her to a chair.
He left his victim bound and gagged (=tied up and with something over their mouth that stops them speaking).

3. [transitive] to stop people saying what they want to say and expressing their opinions:
an attempt to gag political activists ⇒ gag order, gag rule

4. be gagging to do something/be gagging for something British English informal to be very eager to do or have something:
They were gagging to sign the contract.

5. be gagging for it British English informal to be very eager to have sex

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II. gag² noun [countable]

1. informal a joke or funny story:
He told a few gags.
It was a bit of a running gag (=a joke which is repeated) in the show.

2. a piece of cloth put over someone’s mouth to stop them making a noise

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

gag
noun
I. piece of cloth
VERB + GAG put on They tied him up and put a gag on him.
take off

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gag
II. joke
ADJ. good, great | sight, visual a mixture of wit and instant visual gags
running There was this running gag about a penguin (= they kept telling penguin jokes).
VERB + GAG crack a non-stop comedian, cracking gags by the dozen
PREP. ~ about

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gag
verb
PHRASES bind and gag sb The men left the security guards bound and gagged.

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joke a funny story that you tell people to make them laugh:
We all sat around telling jokes.
Have you heard the joke about the man who found a frog in his soup?
funny story a short story that someone tells to make people laugh:
He was one of those guys who are good at telling funny stories at dinner parties.
gag a short joke, especially one told by a professional entertainer:
He’s a great comedian, with plenty of good gags.
one-liner a very short joke or funny remark:
There are some memorable one-liners in the film.
wisecrack a funny remark or reply, especially one that is said in a very quick and clever way:
It’s a comic masterpiece, packed with classic wisecracks.
pun (also play on words) a joke made by mixing up two different meanings of the same word, or two words with the same sound:
a pun on the words ‘bear’ and ‘bare’
The title of the book is a witty play on words.
Shakespeare used a lot of puns for comic effect.
quip written something funny and clever that someone says:
He made some friendly quip about hair loss, and everyone laughed.

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