LekhoriLekhoriA device to restrain speech, such as a rag in the mouth secured with tape or a rubber ball threaded onto a cord or strap.
Blood may seep to the back of the throat and may clot, producing an “artificial gag” of clotted blood.
An order or rule forbidding discussion of a case or subject.
Initialism of glycosaminoglycan.
To experience the vomiting reflex.
He gagged when he saw the open wound.
To cause to heave with nausea.
His empty stomach was suddenly full of butterflies, and for the first time since arriving here at scenic Durkin Grove Village, he felt an urge to gag himself. He would be able to think more clearly about this if he just stuck his fingers down his throat […]
The noun is from Early Modern English gagge; the verb is from Middle English gaggen. Possibly imitative or perhaps related to or influenced by Old Norse gag-háls ("with head thrown backwards"; > Norwe...
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To restrain someone's speech by blocking his or her mouth.
“[…] Captain Markam had been found lying half-insensible, gagged and bound, on the floor of the sitting-room, his hands and feet tightly pinioned, and a woollen comforter wound closely round his mouth and neck ; whilst Mrs. Markham's jewel-case, containing valuable jewellery and the secret plans of Port Arthur, had disappeared. […]”