Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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gag | Yes | No | Yes | No |
choke | Yes | No | Yes | No |
gag (noun) | choke (noun) |
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restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting | a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine |
a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter | a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current |
gag (verb) | choke (verb) |
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struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake | breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion |
make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit | cause to retch or choke |
cause to retch or choke | struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake |
make jokes or quips | constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing |
be too tight; rub or press | reduce the air supply |
tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them | pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life |
prevent from speaking out | suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of |
become stultified, suppressed, or stifled | |
be too tight; rub or press | |
become or cause to become obstructed | |
wring the neck of | |
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of | |
check or slow down the action or effect of | |
fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation |