gag
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(verb) choke, retch, or have a spasm causing one to regurgitate |
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Synonyms: heave |
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Related Words: barf, be sick, cast, cat, chuck, disgorge, honk, puke, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up |
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(verb) cause to retch or choke |
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Synonyms: choke |
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Related Words: sicken |
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(verb) struggle for breath |
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Synonyms: choke, suffocate |
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Related Words: hurt, suffer |
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(verb) make jokes or quips; "The students were gagging during dinner" |
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Synonyms: quip |
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Related Words: jest, joke |
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(verb) prevent from speaking |
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Synonyms: muzzle |
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Related Words: hush, hush up, quieten, shut up, silence, still |
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(noun) something put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting |
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Synonyms: muzzle |
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Related Words: constraint, restraint |
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(verb) be too tight; rub or press; "This neckband is chocking the cat" |
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Synonyms: choke, fret |
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Related Words: compact, compress, constrict, contract, press, squeeze |
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(noun) a humorous anecdote or remark |
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Synonyms: jape, jest, joke, laugh, wheeze, yak |
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Related Words: belly laugh, blue joke, blue story, dirty joke, dirty story, ethnic joke, funny story, good story, howler, humor, humour, one-liner, riot, scream, shaggy dog story, sick joke, sidesplitter, sight gag, thigh-slapper, visual joke, wit, witticism, wittiness, wow |
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