Definizione monolingua

gag

gag (third-person singular simple present gags, present participle gagging, simple past and past participle gagged)

1. (intransitive) To experience the vomiting reflex.

   He gagged when he saw the open wound.

2. (Can we clean up⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (U.S. Army, slang) To smoke: to order a recruit to exercise until he ""gags"" (usually spoken in exaggeration).
3. (transitive) To restrain someones speech by blocking his or her mouth.

   The victims could not speak because the burglar had gagged them with duct tape.

4. (transitive, figuratively) To restrain someones speech without using physical means.

   When the financial irregularities were discovered, the CEO gagged everyone in the accounting department.

gag (plural gags)

1. A device to restrain speech, such as a rag in the mouth secured with tape or a rubber ball threaded onto a cord or strap.
2. (law) An order or rule forbidding discussion of a case or subject..
3. A joke or other mischievous prank.
4. A convulsion of the upper digestive tract.

Definizione dizionario gag

scherzo

battuta

bavaglio

fare una battuta

inganno

strozzarsi

Altri significati:

(law) An order or rule forbidding discussion of a case or subject..

A convulsion of the upper digestive tract.

To restrain someone's speech

To experience the vomiting reflex

(mouth) gag

(transitive) To restrain someone's speech by blocking his or her mouth.

group specific antigens

An order or rule forbidding discussion of a case or subject

(transitive, figuratively) To restrain someone's speech without using physical means.

A device to restrain speech

(U.S. Army, slang) To smoke: to order a recruit to exercise until he "gags" (usually spoken in exaggeration).

A joke or other mischievous prank.

(intransitive) To experience the vomiting reflex.

A joke or other mischievous prank

A device to restrain speech, such as a rag in the mouth secured with tape or a rubber ball threaded onto a cord or strap.