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- Dictionarygagging/ˈɡaɡɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. characteristic of choking or retching: "Angela made a gagging noise"
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Gagging is the present participle of gag, which means to stop up someone's mouth, to suppress or censor something, or to retch or choke. Learn more about the word origin, synonyms, and usage of gagging with sentences and idioms.
- American
There is no national security rationale to justify gagging...
- Gaggery
The practice of telling jokes.... Click for English...
- Be Gagging for Something
BE GAGGING FOR SOMETHING definition: to want something very...
- Lollygag
→ a variant of lallygag.... Click for English...
- American
Learn the various meanings and uses of the word gag as a verb and a noun, with synonyms, examples, and etymology. Gag can mean to prevent speech, to vomit, to joke, or to prank.
Gagging can mean stopping someone from speaking, making jokes or quips, or choking or retching. Learn the different meanings, synonyms, and usage of the word gagging from various dictionaries and sources.
be gagging for it phrase; be gagging for/to do something phrase; See all idioms and phrases
noun. a joke, especially one introduced into a script or an actor's part. any contrived piece of wordplay or horseplay. verb (used without object) , gagged, gag·ging. to tell jokes or make amusing remarks. to introduce gags in acting. to play on another's credulity, as by telling false stories. verb (used with object) , gagged, gag·ging.
to fasten something over someone's mouth so that they cannot speak: The owners of the house were found bound and gagged in the cellar. gag verb (STOP INFORMATION) to prevent someone from giving their opinion or giving information about something: The government is trying to gag the press over the issue. gag verb (ALMOST VOMIT)
be gagging for it phrase; be gagging for/to do something phrase; See all idioms and phrases
