gag

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1.(all of a person's mouth) stopi up, clog, plug, block; smother, stifle, muffle, still, quiet, silence.

2.(all of speech) muzzle, curb, check, restrain, hold back, keep from, inhibit, suppress, repress.

3. choke, strangle, strangulate, throttle; garotte, bowstring, hang, lynch, Inf. string up; suffocate, asphyxiate, burke.

4. choke, retch, keck, dry-heave; gasp, convulse, struggle for air, puff, pant, blow.

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1.Informal. joke, tell a joke, jest, Inf. josh, tease, Inf. kid, Inf. fun; play a practical joke on, play a prank or trick on, Inf. pull a shenanigan, caper.

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2.Informal. joke, jest, quip, Inf. wisecrack, witticism, pun; practical joke, April fool, prank, trick, Inf. shenanigan, Sl. monkeyshine, caper.