gag

n.

1. Something forced into or put over the mouth to prevent speaking or crying out.
2. An obstacle to or a censoring of free speech.
3. A device placed in the mouth to keep it open, as in dentistry.
4. 1. A practical joke.
   2. A comic effect or remark. See synonyms at joke.
5. The act or an instance of gagging or choking.

v., gagged, gag·ging, gags.

v.tr.

1. To prevent from speaking or crying out by using a gag.
2. To stop or restrain from exercising free speech: censorship laws aimed at gagging the press.
3. To cause to choke, retch, or undergo a regurgitative spasm.
4. To keep (the mouth) open by using a gag.
5. To block off or obstruct (a pipe or valve, for example).

v.intr.

1. 1. To experience a regurgitative spasm in the throat, as from revulsion to a food or smell or in reflexive response to an introduced object.
   2. To retch or choke.
2. To make jokes or quips.

[From Middle English gaggen, to suffocate, perhaps of imitative origin.]

noun

Words or actions intended to excite laughter or amusement: jape, jest, joke, quip, witticism. Informal funny. Slang ha-ha. See laughter.

verb

To hold (something requiring an outlet) in check: burke, choke (back), hold back, hold down, hush (up), muffle, quench, repress, smother, squelch, stifle, strangle, suppress, throttle. Informal sit on (or upon). See restraint/unrestraint.

n

A surgical device for holding the mouth open.

1. a surgical device for holding the mouth open. See also mouth speculum.
2. to retch, or strive to vomit.

• mouth g. (1) — see drinkwater mouth gag, haussman gag, spring gag, varnell gag, probang.
• g. (2) reflex — elevation of the soft palate and retching elicited by touching the back of the tongue or the wall of the pharynx; called also pharyngeal reflex.

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - knebel, mundkurv
v. tr. - give mundkurv på, kneble
v. intr. - kvæles, komme med en halvkvalt lyd

2.
n. - improviseret komisk indslag, spøg
v. intr. - lave gags i, fortælle vittigheder

Nederlands (Dutch)
(mond)prop, mop, bedriegerij, bit, beperking van vrijheid van spreken, muilkorven, voorzien van (mond)prop, kokhalzen, grap maken/ uithalen

Français (French)
1.
n. - bâillon, (Journ) bâillon
v. tr. - (Journ) bâillonner, bâillonner (un otage), museler (un journaliste)
v. intr. - avoir un haut le-c¯ur

2.
n. - blague, plaisanterie
v. intr. - faire des blagues

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Knebel, (Med) Mundsperre
v. - knebeln, würgen, einen Maulkorb anlegen, die Mundsperre einlegen, zum Schweigen bringen

2.
n. - Witz, Gag
v. - witzeln, Witze machen, Gags machen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - φιμώνω, βάζω φίμωτρο, αναγουλιάζω, αποστομώνω (κν. ρουμπώνω)
n. - φίμωτρο, αυτοσχέδια ατάκα, καλαμπούρι, κασκαρίκα

Italiano (Italian)
imbavagliare, scherzo, bavaglio, gag

Português (Portuguese)
v. - amordaçar
n. - mordaça (f) (Odont.), caco (m) (gír.) (Teat.)

Русский (Russian)
кляп, шутка, , выдумка, затыкать рот, лишать слова, давиться чем-л., хохмить

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - mordaza, abreboca
v. tr. - tapar la boca, amordazar, cerrar la boca, clausurar, impedir
v. intr. - atorarse

2.
n. - broma, guasa, chiste, morcilla, truco publicitario
v. intr. - contar chistes, meter morcillas

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - lägga munkavle på, sätta munspärr i (med.), lägga in improvisationer (gags, komiska inslag), skämta (teat. el. film.), få kväljningar
n. - munkavle, munspärr (med.), improvisation, komiska inslag (teat. el. film.), skämt (sl.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
塞口物, 口衔, 插科打诨, 玩笑, 言论钳制, 使窒息, 压制言论自由, 使呕吐, 窒息, 欺骗, 作呕

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 塞口物, 口銜, 插科打諢, 玩笑, 言論鉗制
v. tr. - 使窒息, 壓制言論自由, 使嘔吐
v. intr. - 窒息, 欺騙, 作嘔

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 재갈, 거짓말
v. tr. - 재갈을 물리다, 입을 막다, 속이다
v. intr. - 목이 막히다, 구역질이 나다, 속이다

2.
n. - 농담, 웃기는 일[상황]
v. intr. - 농담을 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - さるぐつわ, 言論の抑圧, ギャグ, 冗談, 口止め, 開口器
v. - 言論を抑圧する, ギャグを飛ばす, 吐く, ギャグを入れる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يسكت (الاسم) شيء يسد الفم أو يفتحه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מחסום (לסתימת פה)‬
v. tr. - ‮סתם פה‬
v. intr. - ‮נתקע בגרונו, התחיל להקיא‬
n. - ‮בדיחה, שיבוץ דברים ע"י שחקן בדו/שיח דרמטי, מתיחה לשם הלצה, פעולה מגוחכת, מצב מצחיק, הונאה‬
v. intr. - ‮סיפר בדיחות‬

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