Noun
- restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting
- a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
- he told a very funny joke
- he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest
- even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point
Verb
- make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit
- struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
- he swallowed a fishbone and gagged
- make jokes or quips
- The students were gagging during dinner
- tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them
- The burglars gagged the home owner and tied him to a chair
- be too tight; rub or press
- This neckband is choking the cat
- prevent from speaking out