nnoun.communicationa humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughterSynset:jape jest joke laugh
Examples:- 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
Derivationally Related Form:gagstergagjestjokesterlaughjocularjoke
Hypernyms:humor humour wit witticism wittiness
Inherited Hypernyms:jokewitmessagecommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:belly laughblue jokeblue storydirty jokedirty storyethnic jokefunnyfunny remarkfunny storygood storyhowlerin-jokeone-linerriotscreamshaggy dog storysick jokesidesplittersight gagthigh-slappervisual jokewow
Part Meronyms:gag line laugh line punch line tag line
Full Hyponyms:belly laughdirty jokeethnic jokefunny storyin-jokeone-linershaggy dog storysick jokesight gag
nnoun.artifactrestraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shoutingSynset:muzzle
Derivationally Related Form:muzzlegag
Hypernyms:constraint restraint
Inherited Hypernyms:gagrestraintdeviceinstrumentalityartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
vverb.perceptionprevent from speaking outSynset:muzzle
Derivationally Related Form:muzzlegag
Hypernyms:hush hush up quieten shut up silence still
Inherited Hypernyms:gaghushsuppresscontrolrestrain
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | They want to --- the prisoners (apply to: muzzle, gag)
vverb.contactbe too tight; rub or pressSynset:choke fret
Examples:- This neckband is choking the cat
Derivationally Related Form:choker
Hypernyms:compact compress constrict contract press squeeze
Inherited Hypernyms:chokecompresstightenchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody
vverb.contacttie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence themSynset:muzzle
Examples:- The burglars gagged the home owner and tied him to a chair
Derivationally Related Form:muzzlegag
Hypernyms:bind tie
Inherited Hypernyms:gagtiefastenattachconnect
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.communicationmake jokes or quipsSynset:quip
Examples:- The students were gagging during dinner
Derivationally Related Form:gagquip
Hypernyms:jest joke
Inherited Hypernyms:gagjokecommunicateinteractact
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s that CLAUSE
vverb.bodystruggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intakeSynset:choke strangle suffocate
Examples:- he swallowed a fishbone and gagged
Derivationally Related Form:suffocativesuffocationchoking
Hypernyms:hurt suffer
Inherited Hypernyms:gagsufferbe
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s on something | Somebody ---s PP
vverb.bodycause to retch or chokeSynset:choke
Hypernyms:sicken
Inherited Hypernyms:gagsickenharminjurehurtindisposechange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s somebody
vverb.bodymake an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomitSynset:heave retch
Derivationally Related Form:retchheave
Inherited Hypernyms:gag
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s