gag
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
he told a very funny joke
Types & categories
- humor hypernym
- howler hyponym
- dirty joke hyponym
- ethnic joke hyponym
- funny story hyponym
- in-joke hyponym
- one-liner hyponym
- shaggy dog story hyponym
- sick joke hyponym
- sight gag hyponym
Parts & wholes
- punch line part meronym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
prevent from speaking out
The press was gagged
Types & categories
- silence hypernym
Related & opposite
- gag derivation
Sense 3 noun
restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting
Types & categories
- constraint hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
be too tight; rub or press
This neckband is choking the cat
Types & categories
- constrict hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 verb
tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them
The burglars gagged the home owner and tied him to a chair
Types & categories
- tie hypernym
Related & opposite
- gag derivation
Sense 6 verb
make jokes or quips
The students were gagging during dinner
Types & categories
- joke hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 7 verb
struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
he swallowed a fishbone and gagged
Types & categories
- suffer hypernym
Related & opposite
- asphyxiation derivation
- choking derivation
- smothering derivation
Sense 8 verb
cause to retch or choke
Types & categories
- sicken hypernym
Sense 9 verb
make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit
Related & opposite
- retch derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | gagster |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | joker |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | laugh |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | joke |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | joke |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | quip |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | jesting |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | punch line |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | humor |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | howler |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dirty joke |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ethnic joke |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | funny story |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | in-joke |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | one-liner |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | shaggy dog story |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sick joke |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sight gag |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | gag |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | silence |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | muzzle |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | gag |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | constraint |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | neck ruff |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | choker |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | constrict |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | gag |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | tie |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | sally |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | joke |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | quip |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | joke |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | asphyxiation |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | choking |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | smothering |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | suffer |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | sicken |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | retch |