gag
Betekenis (Engels)
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- A device to restrain speech, such as a rag in the mouth secured with tape or a rubber ball threaded onto a cord or strap.
- An order or rule forbidding discussion of a case or subject.
- Any suppression of freedom of speech.
- A joke or other mischievous prank.
- a device or trick used to create a practical effect; a gimmick
- A convulsion of the upper digestive tract.
- A mouthful that makes one retch or choke.
- (slang) Unscripted lines introduced by an actor into his part.
- Mycteroperca microlepis, a species of grouper.
Concepten
moppen tappen
kwinkslag
anecdote
mondprop
aardigheidje
pots
Synoniemen
funny story
comic story
amusing story
makebusy
charcoal belly
gag grouper
gag-velvet rockfish
humorous story
close one’s mouth
comical story
silence somebody
tiger grouper
mouth-gag
wedge open
rockhind
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Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ɡæɡ/
Etymologie (Engels)
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"; > Norwegian dialectal gaga (“bent backwards”)). The intransitive sense "to retch" is from 1707. The noun is from the 16th century, figurative use (for "repression of speech") from the 1620s. The secondary meaning "(practical) joke" is from 1863, of unclear origin.
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