| NOUN | communication | gag, joke, laugh, jest, jape | a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter |
|---|---|---|---|
| artifact | gag, muzzle | restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting | |
| VERB | perception | gag, muzzle | prevent from speaking out |
| contact | gag, choke, fret | be too tight | |
| contact | gag, muzzle | tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them | |
| communication | gag, quip | make jokes or quips | |
| body | gag, choke, strangle, suffocate | struggle / struggle for breath | |
| body | gag, choke | cause to retch or choke | |
| body | gag, heave, retch | make an unsuccessful effort to vomit |
| Sounds | gae'g | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Ag ... zigzag: 32 rhymes with aeg... | |
| Meaning | restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | muzzle | |
| Broader | restraint, constraint | A device that retards something's motion / motion |
| Spanish | mordaza | |
| Catalan | mordassa | |
| Verbs | gag | tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them |
| gag | prevent from speaking out | |
| Meaning | prevent from speaking out. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | They want to gag the prisoners | |
| Example | "The press was gagged" | |
| Synonym | muzzle | |
| Broader | hush, quieten, silence, still, shut up, hush up | Cause to be quiet or not talk / talk |
| Spanish | amordazar, censurar | |
| Catalan | emmordassar | |
| Nouns | gag | restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting |
| Meaning | Be too tight; rub or press. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | choke, fret | |
| Broader | compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press | squeeze or press together |
| Spanish | asfixiar, estrangular | |
| Catalan | asfixiar, estrangular | |
| Meaning | Tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "The burglars gagged the home owner and tied him to a chair" | |
| Synonym | muzzle | |
| Broader | tie, bind | Fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord |
| Nouns | gag | restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting |
| Meaning | make jokes or quips. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Example | "The students were gagging during dinner" | |
| Synonym | quip | |
| Broader | joke, jest | tell a joke |
| Spanish | bromear, satirizar | |
| Nouns | gag | a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter |
| Meaning | struggle / struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s on something; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged" | |
| Synonyms | choke, strangle, suffocate | |
| Broader | suffer, hurt | Feel pain or be in pain |
| Spanish | ahogar, asfixiar, estrangular, sofocar | |
| Catalan | asfixiar, escanyar, estrangular, ofegar, sufocar | |
| Meaning | Cause to retch or choke. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonym | choke | |
| Broader | sicken | make sick or ill |
| Spanish | asfixiar, estrangular | |
| Catalan | asfixiar, estrangular | |
| Meaning | make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | heave, retch | |
| Spanish | amordazar, hacer bascas, tener angustia, tener ansias, tener arcadas, tener desazón, tener náuseas, vomitar | |
| Catalan | tenir basques, tenir nàusees | |
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