Gagging

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gag \Gag\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gagged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Gagging}.] [Prob. fr. W. cegio to choke or strangle, fr. ceg
     mouth, opening, entrance.]
     1. 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. --Marvell.


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              The time was not yet come when eloquence was to be
              gagged, and reason to be hood winked. --Maccaulay.
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     2. To pry or hold open by means of a gag.
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              Mouths gagged to such a wideness.     --Fortescue
                                                    (Transl.).
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     3. To cause to heave with nausea.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gagging
       See {gag}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gag
       n 1: 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
            hisown jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to
            have some ascertainable point" [syn: {joke}, {laugh}, {jest},
             {jape}]
       2: restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or
          shouting [syn: {muzzle}]
       v 1: prevent from speaking out; "The press was gagged" [syn: {muzzle}]
       2: be too tight; rub or press; "This neckband is choking the
          cat" [syn: {choke}, {fret}]
       3: tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them;
          "The burglars gagged the home owner and tied him to a
          chair" [syn: {muzzle}]
       4: make jokes or quips; "The students were gagging during
          dinner" [syn: {quip}]
       5: struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he
          swallowed a fishbone and gagged" [syn: {choke}, {strangle},
           {suffocate}]
       6: cause to retch or choke [syn: {choke}]
       7: make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit [syn:
          {heave}, {retch}]
       [also: {gagging}, {gagged}]