English to English
noun
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting
source: WordNet 3.0
- Something thrust into the mouth or throat to hinder speaking.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- prevent from speaking out
The press was gagged.
source: WordNet 3.0
- be too tight; rub or press
This neckband is choking the cat.
source: WordNet 3.0
- tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them
The burglars gagged the home owner and tied him to a chair.
source: WordNet 3.0
- make jokes or quips
The students were gagging during dinner.
source: WordNet 3.0
- struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
He swallowed a fishbone and gagged.
source: WordNet 3.0
- cause to retch or choke
source: WordNet 3.0
- make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: Webster 1913
- To heave with nausea; to retch.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
noun
- [gag] Sangkal; panipit
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
verb
- [gag] Lagyan ng sangkal ang bibig
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
