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gag

2  [gag] noun, verb, gagged, gag⋅ging. Informal.
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–noun
1. a joke, esp. one introduced into a script or an actor's part.
2. any contrived piece of wordplay or horseplay.
–verb (used without object)
3. to tell jokes or make amusing remarks.
4. to introduce gags in acting.
5. to play on another's credulity, as by telling false stories.
–verb (used with object)
6. to introduce usually comic interpolations into (a script, an actor's part, or the like) (usually fol. by up).
Origin:
1770–80; perh. special use of gag 1 ; cf. ON gagg yelp
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gag (gāg)
v. gagged, gag·ging, gags

  1. To choke, retch, or undergo a regurgitative spasm.

  2. To prevent from talking.

n.
An instrument adjusted between the teeth to keep the mouth from closing during operations in the mouth or throat.

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