Definition: restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting
Similar words: restraint, constraint
Definition: a device that retards something's motion
Usage: the car did not have proper restraints fitted
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: wit, witticism, wittiness, humor, humour
Definition: a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
Definition: cause to retch or choke
Synonyms: 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: tell a joke; speak humorously
Usage: He often jokes even when he appears serious
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: fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord
Usage: They tied their victim to the chair
Definition: be too tight; rub or press
Usage: This neckband is choking the cat
Similar words: press, compact, compress, constrict, contract, squeeze
Definition: squeeze or press together
Usage: she compressed her lips; the spasm contracted the muscle
Definition: prevent from speaking out
Usage: The press was gagged
Similar words: hush, hush up, still, shut up, silence, quieten
Definition: cause to be quiet or not talk
Usage: Please silence the children in the church!