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Definitions and meaning of gag

gag

Etymology

The noun is from Early Modern English gagge; the verb is from Middle English gaggen. Possibly imitative or perhaps related to or influenced by Old Norse gag-háls ("with head thrown backwards"; > Norwegian dialectal gaga (“bent backwards”)). The intransitive sense "to retch" is from 1707.

The noun is from the 16th century, figurative use (for "repression of speech") from the 1620s. The secondary meaning "(practical) joke" is from 1863, of unclear origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡæɡ/
• Rhymes: -æɡ

Noun

gag (countable and uncountable, plural gags)

2. 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.
3. (law) An order or rule forbidding discussion of a case or subject.
4. (figurative) Any suppression of freedom of speech.
5. A joke or other mischievous prank.
6. (film) a device or trick used to create a practical effect; a gimmick
7. A convulsion of the upper digestive tract.
8. (archaic) A mouthful that makes one retch or choke.
9. (archaic, slang, uncountable) Unscripted lines introduced by an actor into his part.
10. Mycteroperca microlepis, a species of grouper.

    Synonym: gag grouper

Synonyms

• (legal): gag order
• (joke): See also Thesaurus:joke

Derived terms

Descendants

• → French: gag
• → Italian: gag
• → Spanish: gag

Translations

Verb

gag (third-person singular simple present gags, present participle gagging, simple past and past participle gagged)

1. (intransitive) To experience the vomiting reflex.

2. (transitive) To cause to heave with nausea.
3. (transitive) To restrain someone's speech by blocking his or her mouth.
4. (transitive) To pry or hold open by means of a gag.
   • 1917, Francis Gregor (translator), De Laudibus Legum Angliae, Sir John Fortescue, written 1468–1471, first published 1543.

     […] some have their mouths gagged to such a wideness, for a long time, whereat such quantities of water are poured in, that their bellies swell to a prodigious degree […]

5. (transitive, figuratively) To restrain someone's speech without using physical means.

   When the financial irregularities were discovered, the CEO gagged everyone in the accounting department.
6. (transitive, intransitive) To choke; to retch.
7. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete, slang) To deceive (someone); to con.
8. (transitive, intransitive, slang, LGBT) To astonish (someone); (to cause someone) to be at a loss for words; to leave speechless; to be left speechless.

Derived terms

Related terms

• blech
• retch

Translations

See also

• ag-gag (etymologically unrelated)

References

• “gag”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Further reading

• “gag”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• agg

Chinese

Etymology

From English gag.

Pronunciation

Noun

gag

1. (Cantonese) joke; gag

Derived terms

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English gag.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaɡ/

Noun

gag m (plural gags)

1. joke

Further reading

• “gag”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English gag.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɛɡ/
• Rhymes: -ɛɡ

Noun

gag m (invariable)

1. gag, joke

   Synonyms: scherzo, freddura; see also Thesaurus:battuta

References

Anagrams

• agg.

Occitan

Pronunciation

Noun

gag m (plural gags)

1. jay

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English gag.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡak/
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: gag

Noun

gag m inan

1. (comedy) gag (joke or prank)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• gag in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• gag in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French gag.

Noun

gag n (plural gaguri)

1. joke

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English gag.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaɡ/ [ˈɡaɣ̞]
• Rhymes: -aɡ
• Syllabification: gag

Noun

gag m (plural gags)

1. gag (joke)

Further reading

• “gag”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Zhuang

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /kaːk˧/
• Tone numbers: gag⁸
• Hyphenation: gag

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From 各?”)

Adverb

gag (Sawndip forms 各 or 架 or 格, 1957–1982 spelling gag)

1. by oneself; alone

   Synonym: (dialectal) haek

2. on one's own; by oneself; without permission

   Synonym: (dialectal) gujgag

3. just; only

Derived terms

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From 咯? 咳?”)

Verb

gag (1957–1982 spelling gag)

1. to eject; to cough up

   Synonym: (dialectal) gak

Source: wiktionary.org