Definitions for GAG
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. joke, gag, laugh, jest, japenoun

   a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter

   "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point"

2. gag, muzzleverb

   restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting

3. gag, muzzleverb

   prevent from speaking out

   "The press was gagged"

4. choke, gag, fretverb

   be too tight; rub or press

   "This neckband is choking the cat"

5. gag, muzzleverb

   tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them

   "The burglars gagged the home owner and tied him to a chair"

6. gag, quipverb

   make jokes or quips

   "The students were gagging during dinner"

7. gag, choke, strangle, suffocateverb

   struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake

   "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"

8. gag, chokeverb

   cause to retch or choke

9. gag, heave, retchverb

   make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gagnoun

   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. gagnoun

   An order or rule forbidding discussion of a case or subject.

3. gagnoun

   A joke or other mischievous prank.

4. gagnoun

   A convulsion of the upper digestive tract.

5. gagverb

   To experience the vomiting reflex.

   He gagged when he saw the open wound.

6. gagverb

   To smoke: to order a recruit to exercise until he "gags" (usually spoken in exaggeration).

7. gagverb

   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.

8. gagverb

   To restrain someone's speech without using physical means.

   When the financial irregularities were discovered, the CEO gagged everyone in the accounting department.

9. gagabbreviation

   group specific antigens

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gagnoun

   Something put into the mouth to hinder speech or eating.

   Etymology: from the verb.

   Some, when the kids their dams too deeply drain,
   With gags and muzzles their soft mouths restrain. Dryden.

   Your woman would have run up stairs before me; but I have secured her below with a gag in her chaps. Dryden.

2. To Gagverb

   Etymology: from gaghel, Dutch, the palate, Minshew.

   To stop the mouth with something that may allow to breathe, but hinder to speak.

   He’s out of his guard already: unless you laugh and minister occasion to him, he is gagg’d. William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night.

   There foam’d rebellious logick, gagg’d and bound. Alexander Pope.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gag

   A gag is usually an item or device designed to prevent speech, often as a restraint device to stop the subject from calling for help and keep its wearer silent. This is usually done by blocking the mouth, partially or completely, or attempting to prevent the tongue, lips, or jaw from moving in the normal patterns of speech. The more "effective" a gag appears to be, the more hazardous it is. For example duct tape is a fairly effective method of keeping a person's mouth shut but can be hazardous if the subject cannot breathe freely through the nose (for example if they have the common cold). For this reason, a gagged person should never be left alone. The use of gags is commonly depicted in soap operas and crime fiction, particularly in comics and novels. It is also often used in movies, such as Raiders of the Lost Ark and its sequel Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Courts have been known to gag certain people, such as the civil rights activist Bobby Seale. This practice has been criticized as inhumane.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gagverb

   to stop the mouth of, by thrusting sometimes in, so as to hinder speaking; hence, to silence by authority or by violence; not to allow freedom of speech to

2. Gagverb

   to pry or hold open by means of a gag

3. Gagverb

   to cause to heave with nausea

4. Gagverb

   to heave with nausea; to retch

5. Gagverb

   to introduce gags or interpolations. See Gag, n., 3

6. Gagnoun

   something thrust into the mouth or throat to hinder speaking

7. Gagnoun

   a mouthful that makes one retch; a choking bit; as, a gag of mutton fat

8. Gagnoun

   a speech or phrase interpolated offhand by an actor on the stage in his part as written, usually consisting of some seasonable or local allusion

9. Etymology: [Prob. fr. W. cegio to choke or strangle, fr. ceg mouth, opening, entrance.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gag

   A gag is usually a device designed to prevent speech, often as a restraint device to stop the subject from calling for help. This is usually done by blocking the mouth, partially or completely, or attempting to prevent the tongue, lips, or jaw from moving in the normal patterns of speech. They are often less effective in reality than in crime fiction. They carry a strong risk of killing the victim by suffocation. The more "effective" a gag appears to be, the more hazardous it is: for example, duct tape is fairly effective but is hazardous if for some reason the subject cannot breathe freely through the nose. The use of gags is commonly depicted in crime fiction, particularly in comics and novels. It it also often used in movies, such as Raiders of the Lost Ark and its sequel Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Very rarely, courts have been known to gag unruly defendants; Bobby Seale was the most famous case. Occasionally a cloth over-the-mouth gag is used not to prevent speech but to keep dust and aerosols out of the lungs.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gag

   gag, v.t. to forcibly stop the mouth: to silence: to choke up: to introduce gag into a piece:—pr.p. gag′ging; pa.p. gagged.—n. something thrust into the mouth or put over it to enforce silence, or distend the jaws during an operation: the closure applied in a debate: a mouthful which produces nausea, the fat of fresh beef boiled: (slang) an actor's interpolation: a joke or hoax.—n. Gag′ger, one who gags. [Prob. imitative of sound made in choking.]

2. Gag

   gag, v.t. (slang) to deceive.—v.i. to practise imposture.—n. a made-up story, lie: (U.S.) a laughing-stock.

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1. GAG

   What does GAG stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the GAG acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Etymology and OriginsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gag

   An actor’s interpolation of catch phrases at his own sweet will. Originally, however, gagging was a device to disconcert or stop the mouth of another actor by the unexpected employment of words not in the text of the play.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. GAG

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Gag is ranked #121590 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Gag surname appeared 142 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Gag.
   
   89.4% or 127 total occurrences were White.
   5.6% or 8 total occurrences were Asian.
   3.5% or 5 total occurrences were Black.

Matched Categories

1. • Constrict
   • Joke
   • Sicken
   • Silence
   • Suffer
   • Tie

How to pronounce GAG?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say GAG in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of GAG in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of GAG in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of GAG in a Sentence

1. Fadli Zon:

   This could become an instrument for the government to gag those who criticize the president.

2. Scott Galloway:

   I think you're naturally seeing what I would call a well deserved and well earned gag reflex around this idea, they're trying to do everything right : Set up an independent body in Switzerland, make it a nonprofit. But there's one problem... it comes from Facebook. And people just are like,' Burn me a million times, shame on you, burn me a million and one times, shame on me.'.

3. The Committee to Protect Journalists:

   Authorities ought to protect, not gag journalists on the job.

4. Richard Waites:

   One of the things that I am seeing, not just in Baltimore but in other places, is an overuse of gag orders, the proper use of a gag order is to protect a party's rights of some kind. To protect information from going out to the public because it might cause problems -- I don't think that's a proper use of gag orders.

5. Michelle Matlack:

   It's part-gag, but part of it is maintaining this social activity that's become important to me.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=GAG
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Gag
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=GAG
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gag
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/GAG
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=GAG
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=GAG
8. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=GAG
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html