Definition: restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting
Main entry: gag, jape, jest, laugh, joke
Definition: a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
Usage: 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
Definition: make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit
Definition: cause to retch or choke
Main entry: choke, gag, suffocate, strangle
Definition: struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
Usage: he swallowed a fishbone and gagged
Definition: make jokes or quips
Usage: The students were gagging during dinner
Definition: tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them
Usage: The burglars gagged the home owner and tied him to a chair
Definition: be too tight; rub or press
Usage: This neckband is choking the cat
Definition: prevent from speaking out
Usage: The press was gagged