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Gag (Verb)

Make jokes or quips; "The students were gagging during dinner".

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

At the roast dinner, the comedian was gagging the whole time, making the audience laugh with witty one-liners.
The students were gagging during dinner, cracking jokes and teasing each other about their silly impressions.
The late-night talk show host was gagging, spewing out rapid-fire jokes that left the audience in stitches.
Before the comedy show started, the performers were gagging backstage, trying to keep each other loose with ridiculous jokes.
During a company meeting, the sarcastic coworker was gagging, making her colleagues laugh with sardonic quips about the lengthy presentation.

Struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged".

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.

The diver gagged as water rushed into his Helmet and rushed to surface for air.
After running uphill for several minutes he started to gag due to lack of breath.
Food was stuck in my throat and I gagged while trying to dislodge the blockage.
The noxious fumes from the fire alarm made her gag in disgust and suffocation.
The footballer gagged violently on his own tongue during the intense tackle.

Make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit.

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.

Cause to retch or choke.

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.

Prevent from speaking out; "The press was gagged".

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.

The government issued a gag order to prevent the whistleblower from revealing sensitive information.
The judge threatened to gag the defendant if he continued to disrupt the court proceedings.
To gag the media, the politician's team worked to silence any opposing voices and criticism.
A confidentiality agreement was used to gag the sacked employee and prevent them from speaking to the press about their termination.
The authoritarian regime used strict laws to gag its citizens, suppressing any dissent or opposition.