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| NOUN | 1 | gag, joke, laugh, jest, jape | A humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter |
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| 2 | gag, muzzle | Restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting | |
| VERB | 1 | gag, muzzle | Prevent from speaking out |
| 2 | gag, choke, fret | Be too tight | |
| 3 | gag, muzzle | Tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them | |
| 4 | gag, quip | Make jokes or quips | |
| 5 | gag, choke, strangle, suffocate | Struggle for breath | |
| 6 | gag, choke | Cause to retch or choke | |
| 7 | gag, heave, retch | Make an unsuccessful effort to vomit |
| Sounds | gae'g |
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| Rhymes | Ag, bag, brag, and 28 more rhymes in aeg... |
| Meaning | A humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter. |
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| Examples | "he knows a million gags" |
| Synonyms | joke, laugh, jest, jape |
| Parts | punch line, laugh line, gag line, tag line |
| Broader | wit, humor, humour, witticism, wittiness |
| Narrower | belly laugh, sidesplitter, howler, thigh-slapper, scream, wow, riot; dirty joke, dirty story, blue joke, blue story; ethnic joke; funny story, good story, funny remark, funny; in-joke; one-liner; shaggy dog story; sick joke; sight gag, visual joke |
| Nouns | gagster |
| Verbs | gag |
| Meaning | Restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting. |
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| Synonyms | muzzle |
| Broader | restraint, constraint |
| Verbs | gag; gag |
| Meaning | Prevent from speaking out. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
| Model | They want to gag the prisoners |
| Examples | "The press was gagged" |
| Synonyms | muzzle |
| Broader | hush, quieten, silence, still, shut up, hush up |
| Nouns | gag |
| Meaning | Be too tight. Rub or press. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
| Synonyms | choke, fret |
| Broader | compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press |
| Meaning | Tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "The burglars gagged the home owner and tied him to a chair" |
| Synonyms | muzzle |
| Broader | tie, bind |
| Nouns | gag |
| Meaning | Make jokes or quips. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
| Examples | "The students were gagging during dinner" |
| Synonyms | quip |
| Broader | joke, jest |
| Nouns | gag |
| Meaning | Struggle for breath. Have insufficient oxygen intake. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s on something; Somebody ----s PP |
| Examples | "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged" |
| Synonyms | choke, strangle, suffocate |
| Broader | suffer, hurt |
| Meaning | Cause to retch or choke. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody |
| Synonyms | choke |
| Broader | sicken |
| Meaning | Make an unsuccessful effort to vomit. Strain to vomit. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s |
| Synonyms | heave, retch |
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