gag
- Abbreviation. group specific antigens.
- Noun. 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.
- Noun. (legal) An order or rule forbidding discussion of a case or subject..
- Noun. A joke or other mischievous prank.
- Noun. A convulsion of the upper digestive tract.
- Verb. (intransitive) To experience the vomiting reflex.
- Verb. (rfc-sense) (context, U.S. Army) To smoke: to order a recruit to exercise until he "gags" (usually spoken in exaggeration).
- Verb. (transitive) To restrain someone's speech by blocking his or her mouth.
- Verb. (transitive, figuratively) To restrain someone's speech without using physical means.
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