Definitions

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  • verb Present participle of gag.
  • noun A gag motion or reflex.

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Examples

  • I don't believe in gagging (except on those rare occasions when I've had too much to drink and feel decidedly awful) so I've added the Aberdeen-based "Scottish, British and Proud" blog to the set of links.

    The missing link Jeff 2007

  • A greater deal are NOT this big, and gagging is never pretty. xx

    Girls Like Pink ...Fact Newmania 2007

  • Sometimes Emma's breath is so bad that I watch the carer recoil after the hug, nearly gagging from the smell.

    Archive 2006-02-01 2006

  • Sometimes Emma's breath is so bad that I watch the carer recoil after the hug, nearly gagging from the smell.

    On Lax Parenting and Biting My Tongue 2006

  • Heinlein is tough, I recall gagging at the wording in To Sail Beyond the Sunset.

    Reading older scifi Tripp 2008

  • Celebrities are increasingly turning to the courts to win so-called gagging orders and prevent certain details about their lives being made public.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

  • Mr Hislop, who has been fighting the so-called gagging order and challenged the injunction only last week, condemned the suppression of reporting as "a touch hypocritical".

    WalesOnline - Home 2011

  • Mr Hislop, who has been fighting the so-called gagging order and challenged the injunction only last week, condemned the suppression of reporting as "a touch hypocritical".

    Evening Standard - Home 2011

  • In another case, Apple came under fire for allegedly asking a young British girl's family to sign a confidentiality agreement (aka a gagging order) before it would agree to refund her.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Gadgets 2009

  • In another case, Apple came under fire for allegedly asking a young British girl's family to sign a confidentiality agreement (aka a gagging order) before it would agree to refund her.

    TechCrunch Europe 2009

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  • So many g's...

    October 14, 2007

  • As in "gagging for it"?

    October 14, 2007

  • Not sure about the context, really. Sometimes I just run across a word that doesn't look right. Egg is like that. It looks like it should tip over and fall off the page.

    The g's. So many g's...

    October 14, 2007

  • Ditto for Egypt. And illicit.

    October 14, 2007

  • Ex-employees are frequently subject to gagging-orders. Gag, gag, gagger, gagging - you're right, skipvia, it's a wrong word.

    October 14, 2007

  • Aauugghh!!! It looks even worse when you list all the forms together. *pulls out crucifix and holds it up to monitor*

    October 14, 2007

  • I don't know...I've always thought Gs were kind of cute. ;-)

    October 14, 2007

  • Glad somebody said that! (giggling).

    October 14, 2007

  • Heehee.

    October 15, 2007