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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GAG, v.t.
1. To stop the mouth by thrusting something into the throat, so as to hinder speaking.
2. To keck; to heave with nausea.
GAG, n. Something thrust into the mouth and throat to hinder speaking.
GAGE, n. [Eng. to wage.]
1. A pledge or pawn; something laid down or given as a security for the performance of some act to be done by the person depositing the thing, and which is to be forfeited by non-performance. It is used of a movable thing; not of land or other immovable.
There I throw my gage.
2. A challenge to combat; that is, a glove, a cap, a gauntlet, or the like, cast on the ground by the challenger, and taken up by the accepter of the challenge.
3. A measure, or rule of measuring; a standard. [See Gauge.]
4. The number of feet which a ship sinks in the water.
5. Among letter-founders, a piece of hard wood variously notched,used to adjust the dimensions, slopes, etc. of the various sorts of letters.
6. An instrument in joinery made to strike a line parallel to the straight side of a board.
A sliding-gage, a tool used by mathematical instrument makers for measuring and setting off distances.
Sea-gage, an instrument for finding the depth of the sea.
Tide-gage, an instrument for determining the highth of the tides.
Wind-gage, an instrument for measuring the force of the wind on any given surface.
Weather-gage, the windward side of a ship.
GAGE, v.t. To pledge; to pawn; to give or deposit as a pledge or security for some other act; to wage or wager.
1. To bind by pledge, caution or security; to engage.
2. To measure; to take or ascertain the contents of a vessel, cask or ship; written also gauge.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter; "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point" [syn: joke, gag, laugh, jest, jape]
2: restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting [syn: gag, muzzle] v
1: prevent from speaking out; "The press was gagged" [syn: gag, muzzle]
2: be too tight; rub or press; "This neckband is choking the cat" [syn: choke, gag, fret]
3: tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them; "The burglars gagged the home owner and tied him to a chair" [syn: gag, muzzle]
4: make jokes or quips; "The students were gagging during dinner" [syn: gag, quip]
5: struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged" [syn: gag, choke, strangle, suffocate]
6: cause to retch or choke [syn: gag, choke]
7: make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit [syn: gag, heave, retch]

Merriam Webster's

I. verb (gagged; gagging) Etymology: Middle English gaggen to strangle, of imitative origin Date: 1509 transitive verb 1. a. to restrict use of the mouth of by inserting a gag b. to prevent from exercising freedom of speech or expression c. to pry or hold open with a gag 2. to provide or write quips or pranks for <gag a show> 3. to choke or cause to retch intransitive verb 1. a. choke; also to suffer a throat spasm that makes swallowing or breathing difficult b. retch 2. to be unable to endure something ; balk 3. to make quips • gagger noun II. noun Date: 1530 1. something thrust into the mouth to keep it open or to prevent speech or outcry 2. an official check or restraint on debate or free speech <a gag rule> 3. a laugh-provoking remark or act 4. prank, trick

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a piece of cloth etc. thrust into or held over the mouth to prevent speaking or crying out, or to hold it open in surgery. 2 a joke or comic scene in a play, film, etc., or as part of a comedian's act. 3 an actor's interpolation in a dramatic dialogue. 4 a thing or circumstance restricting free speech. 5 a a joke or hoax. b a humorous action or situation. 6 an imposture or deception. 7 Parl. a closure or guillotine. --v. (gagged, gagging) 1 tr. apply a gag to. 2 tr. silence; deprive of free speech. 3 tr. apply a gag-bit to (a horse). 4 a intr. choke or retch. b tr. cause to do this. 5 intr. Theatr. make gags. Phrases and idioms: gag-bit a specially powerful bit for horse-breaking. gag man a deviser or performer of theatrical gags. Etymology: ME, orig. as verb: orig. uncert.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Gag Gag, n. 1. Something thrust into the mouth or throat to hinder speaking. 2. A mouthful that makes one retch; a choking bit; as, a gag of mutton fat. --Lamb. 3. 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. [Slang]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Gag Gag, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gagged; p. pr. & vb. n. Gagging.] [Prob. fr. W. cegio to choke or strangle, fr. ceg mouth, opening, entrance.] 1. 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. --Marvell. The time was not yet come when eloquence was to be gagged, and reason to be hood winked. --Maccaulay. 2. To pry or hold open by means of a gag. Mouths gagged to such a wideness. --Fortescue (Transl.). 3. To cause to heave with nausea.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Gag Gag, v. i. 1. To heave with nausea; to retch. 2. To introduce gags or interpolations. See Gag, n., 3. [Slang] --Cornill Mag.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(gags, gagging, gagged) 1. A gag is something such as a piece of cloth that is tied around or put inside someone's mouth in order to stop them from speaking. His captors had put a gag of thick leather in his mouth. N-COUNT 2. If someone gags you, they tie a piece of cloth around your mouth in order to stop you from speaking or shouting. I gagged him with a towel. VERB: V n 3. If a person is gagged by someone in authority, they are prevented from expressing their opinion or from publishing certain information. Judges must not be gagged. VERB: be V-ed, also V n [disapproval] 4. If you gag, you cannot swallow and nearly vomit. I knelt by the toilet and gagged. VERB: V 5. A gag is a joke. (INFORMAL) ...a gag about policemen giving evidence in court. = joke N-COUNT: usu with supp 6. If you say that someone is gagging for something or is gagging to do something, you are emphasizing that they want to have it or do it very much. (INFORMAL) Girls everywhere are gagging for a car like this... There are thousands of students absolutely gagging to come to this university. VERB: only cont, V for n, V to-inf

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. Silence, stifle, muzzle, muffle. II. v. n. Retch, keck (rare).

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

An instrument used chiefly by housebreakers and thieves, for propping open the mouth of a person robbed, thereby to prevent his calling out for assistance.

Airports

Landing Facility Type	AIRPORT
Airport Code	GAG
EFF_DATE	02/16/2006
FAA Region	ASW
FAA District	NONE
State	OK
State	OKLAHOMA
County	ELLIS
County State	OK
City Name	GAGE
Full Name	GAGE
Owner Type	PU
Facility Use	PU
Facility City, State, Zip	"GAGE, OK 73843"
Elevation	2223
Aeronautical chart on which the airport facility appears	WICHITA
Distance from the central business district of the associated city to the airport in nautical miles	02
Direction of airport from the central business district of the associated city	SW
NASP/Federal Agreement Code	N13
Customs international airport	N
Customs Landing Rights Airport	N
Joint Use	N
Military Landing Rights	N
Control Tower	N
Based Single Engine General Aviation Aircraft	001
Based Ultralight aircraft	007
General Aviation, Local Operations	000700
General Aviation - Itinerant Operations	000100
Latitude	36.2955388889
Longitude	-99.7764236111
State FIPS code	40
State Postal Code	OK
Version	09

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