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gag
Pronunciation: (gag), [key]
—v., gagged, gag•ging,
—n.
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v.t.
1. to stop up the mouth of (a person) by putting something in it, thus preventing speech, shouts, etc.
2. to restrain by force or authority from freedom of speech; silence.
3. to fasten open the jaws of, as in surgical operations.
4. to cause to retch or choke.
5. Metalworking.to straighten or bend (a bar, rail, etc.) with a gag.
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v.i.
to retch or choke.
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n.
1. something put into a person's mouth to prevent speech, shouting, etc.
2. any forced or arbitrary suppression of freedom of speech.
3. a surgical instrument for holding the jaws open.
4. Metalworking.a shaped block of steel used with a press to straighten or bend a bar, rail, etc.
gag
Pronunciation: (gag), [key]
—n., v., gagged, gag•ging.
Informal.
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n.
1. a joke, esp. one introduced into a script or an actor's part.
2. any contrived piece of wordplay or horseplay.
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v.i.
1. to tell jokes or make amusing remarks.
2. to introduce gags in acting.
3. to play on another's credulity, as by telling false stories.
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v.t.
to introduce usually comic interpolations into (a script, an actor's part, or the like) (usually fol. by
up).
gag
Pronunciation: (gag), [key]—
n.,
—pl. (esp. collectively) gag, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) gags.
1. a serranid game fish,
Mycteroperca microlepsis, found along the southeastern coast of the U.S.
2. any of several related fishes.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
