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prevent from speaking out; "The press was gagged" choke: be too tight; rub or press; "This neckband is choking the cat" tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them; "The burglars gagged the home owner and tied him to a chair" make jokes or quips; "The students were gagging during dinner" struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged" cause to retch or choke joke: a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter; "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" restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit
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pharyngeal reflex: normal reflex consisting of retching; may be produced by touching the soft palate in the back of the mouth
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pot: street names for marijuana bet on: place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse" gauge: a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
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A gag is usually a device designed to prevent speech, often as a restraint device to stop the subject from calling for help. This is usually done by blocking the mouth, partially or completely, or trying to prevent the tongue, lips, or jaw from moving in the normal patterns of speech, and to make the subject unable to make a loud vocal noise. They are often much less effective in reality than in crime fiction. They carry a strong risk of killing the victim by suffocation. ...
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Gag Reflex is a sketch comedy collective with ensembles near Chicago, Illinois and Austin, Texas. The Chicago group was started in early 1993; the Austin spin-off company in Fall, 2002. The groups performances consist of twenty-odd fully scripted pieces and the material runs the gamut from silly to cerebral. ...
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