Definition of Gag

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Definition of Gag

Gag

To stop the mouth of, by thrusting sometimes in, so as to hinder speaking; hence, to silence by authority or by violence; not to allow freedom of speech to.

To pry or hold open by means of a gag.

To cause to heave with nausea.

To heave with nausea; to retch.

To introduce gags or interpolations. See Gag, n., 3.

Something thrust into the mouth or throat to hinder speaking.

A mouthful that makes one retch; a choking bit; as, a gag of mutton fat.

A speech or phrase interpolated offhand by an actor on the stage in his part as written, usually consisting of some seasonable or local allusion.

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Gag Quotations

In the end, everything is a gag.
Charlie Chaplin

I just don't want to live like I used to. And at some point, I'm going to put a gag order on myself in terms of talking about the past. I've got to slam the door and deal with the present and the future.
Charlie Sheen

Gag me with a spoon!
Moon Unit Zappa

Sometimes, you start with the drawing and then the gag comes to you in the middle of it. That is when you start working on the solution of the gag, which is composition, placing, equilibrium, and character design.
Sergio Aragones

There is a lot of rubbish written about toilet humour - people saying it is childish and pretending it is beneath them - but there is no doubting the effectiveness of a really good willy gag.
Adrian Edmondson

If the gag is complicated, you spend more time thinking about the way you're drawing it.
Sergio Aragones

I enjoyed doing the gag covers better than the story ones because they were usually simpler. A cover based on an incident in the plot took a great deal of staging to tell a little story that was still part of the book. And it had to make sense on its own.
Carl Barks

The modern horror audience is wise to our tricks this lets it in on the gag.
Robert Englund

I would like to thank the people who encouraged me to draw army cartoons at a time when the gag man's conception of the army was one of mean ole sergeants and jeeps which jump over mountains.
Bill Mauldin

Gag Translations

gag in Dutch is moppen tappen
gag in French is gag
gag in German is Witz, knebeln
gag in Latin is iocus
gag in Norwegian is knebel, kneble, vits
gag in Spanish is chanza, broma, burla, mordaza, amordazar

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