gag

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  1. noun Something forced into or put over the mouth to prevent speaking or crying out.
  2. noun An obstacle to or a censoring of free speech.
  3. noun A device placed in the mouth to keep it open, as in dentistry.
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  • The Superior sent for a gag, and expressed her regret at being compelled, by the bad conduct of the child, to proceed to such a punishment; after which she put it into her mouth, so far as to keep it open, and then let it remain some time before she took it out. —  Awful Disclosures Containing, Also, Many Incidents Never before Published
  • The leather strap of her bag was tied securely in my mouth as a gag, and strips torn from the draggled hem of her dress were knotted about my wrists and ankles. —  Robin Hobb
  • Jodoli asked as soon as the gag was removed from my mouth Nevare's cousin Epiny attacked Lisana. —  Robin Hobb
  • "A few ropes and a gag are all the baggage he'll be needing." —  Garwood, Julie - The Gift
  • I said it like a gag, the last one-liner, smiling. —  process 10
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gag:   gags ·  gagging ·  gagged
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Etymologies (4)

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  1. From Middle English gaggen, to suffocate, perhaps of imitative origin.

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  1. Early modern English gagge, from Middle English gaggen, gag; prob. imitative of the sound of choking. Cf. gaggle, cackle, etc.
  2. Early modern English gagge; from gag, v.
  3. A particular use of gag, n.
 

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