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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Gag \Gag\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gagged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Gagging}.] [Prob. fr. W. cegio to choke or strangle, fr. ceg
mouth, opening, entrance.]
1. To stop the mouth of, by thrusting sometimes in, so as to
hinder speaking; hence, to silence by authority or by
violence; not to allow freedom of speech to. --Marvell.
The time was not yet come when eloquence was to be
gagged, and reason to be hood winked. --Maccaulay.
2. To pry or hold open by means of a gag.
Mouths gagged to such a wideness. --Fortescue
(Transl.).
3. To cause to heave with nausea.
資料來源 : WordNet®
gagging
See {gag}
gag
v 1: prevent from speaking out; "The press was gagged" [syn: {muzzle}]
2: be too tight; rub or press; "This neckband is choking the
cat" [syn: {choke}, {fret}]
3: tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them;
"The burglars gagged the home owner and tied him to a
chair" [syn: {muzzle}]
4: make jokes or quips; "The students were gagging during
dinner" [syn: {quip}]
5: struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he
swallowed a fishbone and gagged" [syn: {choke}, {strangle},
{suffocate}]
6: cause to retch or choke [syn: {choke}]
7: make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit [syn:
{heave}, {retch}]
[also: {gagging}, {gagged}]
gag
n 1: 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
hisown jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to
have some ascertainable point" [syn: {joke}, {laugh}, {jest},
{jape}]
2: restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or
shouting [syn: {muzzle}]
[also: {gagging}, {gagged}]