Gag

Noun

 * 1) 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.
 * 2)  An order or rule forbidding discussion of a case or subject..
 * 3) A joke or other mischievous prank.
 * 4) A convulsion of the upper digestive tract.

Synonyms

 * gag order
 * See also Thesaurus:joke

Verb

 * 1)  To experience the vomiting reflex.
 * He gagged when he saw the open wound.
 * 1)   To smoke: to order a recruit to exercise until he "gags" (usually spoken in exaggeration).
 * 2)  To restrain someone's speech by blocking his or her mouth.
 * ''The victims could not speak because the burglar had gagged them with duct tape.
 * 1)  To restrain someone's speech without using physical means.
 * When the financial irregularities were discovered, the CEO gagged everyone in the accounting department.

Derived terms

 * gag me with a spoon

Thesaurus
Oregon boat, acoustic tile, acting, antiknock, asphyxiate, baffler, balk, barf, be nauseated, be seasick, be sick, belly laugh, bilbo, blue story, boggle, bond, bonds, bottle up, bridle, bring up, buffoonery, business, camisole, censor, chains, characterization, check, choke, choke off, choke on, chuck up, clamp down on, collar, cork, cork up, crack, crack down on, crush, cuffs, curb, cushion, damp, damp down, dampener, damper, deflate, dirty joke, dirty story, disarm, discourage, disgorge, double entendre, drollery, drown, dumbfound, egest, enchain, ethnic joke, extinguish, fast one, feed the fish, feel disgust, fetter, fun, funny story, gibe, good one, good story, gyves, halter, ham, hammy acting, hamper, hamstring, handcuff, handcuffs, heave, heave the gorge, hoax, hobble, hobbles, hog-tie, hoke, hokum, hold down, hopples, howler, hush, hush-hush, hushcloth, impersonation, inhibit, irons, jape, jest, jestbook, jib, joke, jump on, keck, keep down, keep under, kill, knock out, laugh, leading strings, leash, manacle, mimesis, mimicking, mimicry, miming, muffle, muffler, mummery, mute, muzzle, overacting, panic, pantomiming, paralyze, patter, performance, performing, personation, pillory, play, playacting, playing, point, portrayal, pour water on, practical joke, prank, projection, prostrate, puke, pun, put down, put to silence, quash, quell, quench, quiet, quieten, quietener, quip, regurgitate, reins, reject, representation, repress, restrain, restraint, restraints, retch, rib tickler, riot, ruse, sally, scream, scruple, shackle, shush, shut down on, shy, sick joke, sick up, sicken at, sidesplitter, sight gag, silence, silence cloth, silencer, sit down on, sit on, slapstick, smash, smother, soft pedal, soft-pedal, sordine, sordino, sound-absorbing material, soundproofing, soundproofing insulation, sourdine, spew, sport, squash, squelch, stage business, stage directions, stage presence, stanch, stick, stickle, stifle, still, stocks, stop up, story, straightjacket, strain, strait-waistcoat, straitjacket, strangle, stranglehold, strike dumb, stultify, stumble, stunt, subdue, suffocate, suppress, taking a role, tether, throttle, throw up, trammel, trammels, trick, truss up, upchuck, visual joke, vomit, wheeze, wile, wisecrack, witticism, wow, yak, yarn, yoke

Abbreviation

 * 1) group specific antigens

Noun

 * Esperanto: buŝoŝtopilo
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:


 * Polish:
 * Russian: кляп
 * Scottish Gaelic:


 * Finnish: suukapulamääräys


 * German:


 * Finnish:, , kepponen
 * German: ,


 * Japanese: ギャグ


 * French: haut-le-coeur

Verb

 * Dutch: kokhalzen
 * Finnish: ,


 * French: avoir un haut-le-cœur
 * German:


 * Dutch: knevelen
 * Finnish: suukapuloida
 * French:


 * German: mundtot machen
 * Spanish: amordazar

Noun

 * 1) jay