gag
noun/ɡæɡ/
/ɡæɡ/
- a piece of cloth that is put over or in somebody’s mouth to stop them speaking
- They tied him up and put a gag on him.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + gag- put on
- remove
- take off
- …
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- an order that prevents something from being publicly reported or discussed
- a press gag
- a gag rule/order (= one given by a court of law)
- (informal) a joke or a funny story, especially one told by a professional comedian synonym joke
- to tell/crack a gag
- a running gag (= one that is regularly repeated during a performance)
Extra Examples- a mixture of wit and instant visual gags
- a non-stop comedian, cracking gags by the dozen
- the movie's best gags
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- funny
- good
- great
- …
- crack
- tell
- write
- …
- gag about
- (especially North American English) a trick you play on somebody
- It was just a gag—we didn't mean to upset anyone.
Word Originnoun senses 1 to 2 Middle English: perhaps related to Old Norse gagháls ‘with the neck thrown back’, or imitative of a person choking. noun senses 3 to 4 mid 19th cent. (originally theatrical slang): of unknown origin.
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