Dictionary entry details
• GAG (noun)
Meaning:
A humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
gag; jape; jest; joke; laugh
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms ("gag" is a kind of...):
humor; humour; wit; witticism; wittiness (a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter)
Meronyms (parts of "gag"):
gag line; laugh line; punch line; tag line (the point of a joke or humorous story)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gag"):
belly laugh; howler; riot; scream; sidesplitter; thigh-slapper; wow (a joke that seems extremely funny)
blue joke; blue story; dirty joke; dirty story (an indelicate joke)
ethnic joke (a joke at the expense of some ethnic group)
funny; funny remark; funny story; good story (an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line))
in-joke (a joke that is appreciated only by members of some particular group of people)
one-liner (a one-line joke)
shaggy dog story (a long rambling joke whose humor derives from its pointlessness)
sick joke (a joke in bad taste)
sight gag; visual joke (a joke whose effect is achieved by visual means rather than by speech (as in a movie))
Meaning:
Restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
gag; muzzle
Hypernyms ("gag" is a kind of...):
constraint; restraint (a device that retards something's motion)
• GAG (verb)
Meaning:
Prevent from speaking out
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
gag; muzzle
Context example:
The press was gagged
Hypernyms (to "gag" is one way to...):
hush; hush up; quieten; shut up; silence; still (cause to be quiet or not talk)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They want to gag the prisoners
Meaning:
Be too tight; rub or press
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
choke; gag; fret
Context example:
This neckband is choking the cat
Hypernyms (to "gag" is one way to...):
compact; compress; constrict; contract; press; squeeze (squeeze or press together)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
muzzle; gag
Context example:
The burglars gagged the home owner and tied him to a chair
Hypernyms (to "gag" is one way to...):
bind; tie (fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Make jokes or quips
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
quip; gag
Context example:
The students were gagging during dinner
Hypernyms (to "gag" is one way to...):
jest; joke (tell a joke; speak humorously)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
Struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
gag; choke; strangle; suffocate
Context example:
he swallowed a fishbone and gagged
Hypernyms (to "gag" is one way to...):
hurt; suffer (feel pain or be in pain)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Cause to retch or choke
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
gag; choke
Hypernyms (to "gag" is one way to...):
sicken (make sick or ill)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
retch; gag; heave
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
