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noun

Gag n.

Something thrust into the mouth or throat to hinder speaking.

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

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. (Slang)

Gag rein (Harness), a rein for drawing the bit upward in the horse's mouth.

Gag runner (Harness), a loop on the throat latch guiding the gag rein.

verb

Gag v. t. (past & past part. gagged; pres. part. gagging)

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. "The time was not yet come when eloquence was to be gagged, and reason to be hood winked."

To pry or hold open by means of a gag. "Mouths gagged to such a wideness."

To cause to heave with nausea.

Gag v. i.

To heave with nausea; to retch.

To introduce gags or interpolations. See Gag, n., 3. (Slang)

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Gag" Quotes from Famous Books

... and then felt another broad band of silk drawn over his mouth. Coolly and methodically the Strangler gagged him in so skilful a fashion that he could not utter a sound, though he was able to breathe quite easily. When both bonds and gag were secure he was released from the grip of the men who had held him down, and the attendants ...

— Jack Haydon's Quest • John Finnemore

... the emotion of surprise, and ill prepared for the next movement, which startled and stiffened him. He had opened his mouth to answer the hermit, when the mouth was stopped and the voice strangled by a strong, soft gag suddenly twisted round his head like a tourniquet. It was fully forty seconds before he even realized that the two Hungarian servants had done it, and that they had done it ...

— The Wisdom of Father Brown • G. K. Chesterton

... would have been sorry to have overlooked, and one no doubt that the Bolsheviks have practised with great glee. The patient was strapped to a chair or couch or had his—usually her—limbs held down by warders (wardresses) and nurses. A steel or a wooden gag was then inserted, often with such roughness as to chip or break the teeth, and through the forced-open mouth a tube was pushed down the throat, sometimes far enough to hurt the stomach. This produced an apoplectic condition of choking and nausea, and as the stomach filled up with liquid food ...

— Mrs. Warren's Daughter - A Story of the Woman's Movement • Sir Harry Johnston

... patient in the establishment isolated and kept under special surveillance. All the other invalids lived in the main building, or occupied pavilions in the front of the park. The plan was to try and seize Roch and Gaydon separately and bind and gag them before ...

— Facing the Flag • Jules Verne

... awakening with a start, asked of these bandits, "Who are you?" their leader answered, "A Commissary of Police." So it happened to Lamoriciere who was seized by Blanchet, who threatened him with the gag; to Greppo, who was brutally treated and thrown down by Gronfier, assisted by six men carrying a dark lantern and a pole-axe; to Cavaignac, who was secured by Colin, a smooth-tongued villain, who ...

— The History of a Crime - The Testimony of an Eye-Witness • Victor Hugo

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