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😂 A joke 🤐 A mouth stopper 🤐 To silence 🤢 To choke 🚫 To silence opinions 😂 To joke
to gag

to gag

1 4.5
To joke in a light, playful way
  • verb
  • /ɡæɡ/
  • Informal
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Examples

  • It's fun, it's fine It's too divine It's smooth, it's smart It's Rodgers, it's Hart; What debs What stage, What gossip What gags What feathers What fuss Just between the flour oi us Michael, you are incorrigible!

    At Long Last Love (1975)

  • During the party, he always gags about the silly things we did last summer.

  • They started to gag over their witty impressions of the teacher, making everyone laugh.

  • She loves to gag with friends about the funniest moments from their childhood.

Synonyms

to kid
vsto gag
  • Informal
∞ 3.5

To tease someone in a friendly, playful way

leans more toward crafted witty lines than direct teasing
to joke
vsto gag
476 1.0

To say or do something to make people laugh

focuses more on brief clever remarks than any funny act
to joke about
vsto gag
80 2.9

Say something funny, often unkind, about someone or something

is lighter in tone and less likely to be mocking
to joke around
vsto gag
  • Informal
40 2.4

To say funny things and behave in a playful way to make people laugh

is more about short witty lines than casual back-and-forth talk
to poke fun at
vsto gag
  • Offensive
23 3.4

To make jokes about someone, sometimes to be playful and sometimes to be unkind

is typically more playful and less mocking in tone
to quip
vsto gag
19 6.7

To say something short and clever to make people laugh

is similar but applies more broadly to playful joking
to crack a joke
vsto gag
  • Informal
10 2.9

Tell a joke to make people laugh

covers clever short lines as well as light playful remarks
to banter
vsto gag
  • Informal
9 4.6

To tease someone in a friendly, playful way

focuses on single witty lines rather than mutual back-and-forth
to josh
vsto gag
  • Informal
7 6.5

Make fun of someone in a friendly, playful way

tends to emphasise short clever remarks rather than personal teasing
to chaff
vsto gag
  • UK
1 7.5

To joke or tease someone in a friendly way

is more focused on brief witty or clever lines

Phrasal Verbs

to gag for it
  • Slang
1 9.9

To want something very much

to gag with laughter
  • Informal
6.5

To laugh so hard you almost choke

to go along with the gag
  • Informal
8.2

To pretend to join a joke or prank to keep others laughing

Compounds

gag order
  • Literature
19 7.2

A court rule that stops people from talking about a case to the public

gag reflex
  • Specialized
7 4.1

An automatic throat reaction that makes you feel like vomiting

gag rule
  • Formal
5 8.6

A rule that stops people in a committee or parliament from talking about a topic

running gag
3 3.7

A joke that is repeated in a show or conversation to be funny

sight gag
2 6.4

A joke you see that makes people laugh without words

gag law
  • Literature
8.3

A law that limits what the press can report or say

gag law
  • Formal
8.1

A rule that stops discussion among lawmakers in a parliament

gag line
4.4

The last line of a joke that makes people laugh

How Playful

to roast
  • Offensive
33 5.5
to gag
  • Informal
1 4.5
to banter
  • Informal
9 4.6

Surface Forms

gag infinitive
gagged past
gagged past participle
gagging present participle
gags third person singular

Etymology

To gag meaning to make jokes comes from the same stage idea as the noun gag, where performers use short tricks or lines to make people laugh. So when people 'gag' they are joking or teasing to lighten the mood.