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- [gag]
- /gæg/
- /ɡæɡ/
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- [gag]
- /gæg/
Definitions of gagged word
- verb with object gagged to introduce usually comic interpolations into (a script, an actor's part, or the like) (usually followed by up). 1
- verb without object gagged to tell jokes or make amusing remarks. 1
- verb without object gagged to introduce gags in acting. 1
- verb without object gagged to play on another's credulity, as by telling false stories. 1
- noun gagged a joke, especially one introduced into a script or an actor's part. 1
- noun gagged any contrived piece of wordplay or horseplay. 1
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Origin of gagged
First appearance:
before 1400 One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; late Middle English gaggen to suffocate; perhaps imitative of the sound made in choking
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Parts of speech for Gagged
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
gagged popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
gagged usage trend in Literature
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Antonyms for gagged
verb gagged
- freed — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
- released — to free from confinement, bondage, obligation, pain, etc.; let go: to release a prisoner; to release someone from a debt.
- aided — to provide support for or relief to; help: to aid the homeless victims of the fire.
- allowed — to let have; give as one's share; grant as one's right: to allow a person $100 for expenses.
- assisted — to give support or aid to; help: Please assist him in moving the furniture.
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