Meaning of "gagging" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF GAGGING

gagging

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GAGGING

Gagging is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb gagging in English.

WHAT DOES GAGGING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Gag

A gag is usually a device designed to prevent speech, often as a restraint device to stop the subject from calling for help. This is usually done by blocking the mouth, partially or completely, or attempting to prevent the tongue, lips, or jaw from moving in the normal patterns of speech. They are often less effective in reality than in crime fiction. They carry a strong risk of killing the victim by suffocation. The more "effective" a gag appears to be, the more hazardous it is: for example, duct tape is fairly effective but is hazardous if for some reason the subject cannot breathe freely through the nose. The use of gags is commonly depicted in crime fiction, particularly in comics and novels. It is also often used in movies, such as Raiders of the Lost Ark and its sequel Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Very rarely, courts have been known to gag unruly defendants; Bobby Seale was the most famous case. Occasionally a cloth over-the-mouth gag is used not to prevent speech but to keep dust and aerosols out of the lungs.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO GAGGING

PRESENT

Present

I gag

you gag

he/she/it gags

we gag

you gag

they gag

Present continuous

I am gagging

you are gagging

he/she/it is gagging

we are gagging

you are gagging

they are gagging

Present perfect

I have gagged

you have gagged

he/she/it has gagged

we have gagged

you have gagged

they have gagged

Present perfect continuous

I have been gagging

you have been gagging

he/she/it has been gagging

we have been gagging

you have been gagging

they have been gagging

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I gagged

you gagged

he/she/it gagged

we gagged

you gagged

they gagged

Past continuous

I was gagging

you were gagging

he/she/it was gagging

we were gagging

you were gagging

they were gagging

Past perfect

I had gagged

you had gagged

he/she/it had gagged

we had gagged

you had gagged

they had gagged

Past perfect continuous

I had been gagging

you had been gagging

he/she/it had been gagging

we had been gagging

you had been gagging

they had been gagging

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will gag

you will gag

he/she/it will gag

we will gag

you will gag

they will gag

Future continuous

I will be gagging

you will be gagging

he/she/it will be gagging

we will be gagging

you will be gagging

they will be gagging

Future perfect

I will have gagged

you will have gagged

he/she/it will have gagged

we will have gagged

you will have gagged

they will have gagged

Future perfect continuous

I will have been gagging

you will have been gagging

he/she/it will have been gagging

we will have been gagging

you will have been gagging

they will have been gagging

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would gagging

you would gagging

he/she/it would gagging

we would gagging

you would gagging

they would gagging

Conditional continuous

I would be gagging

you would be gagging

he/she/it would be gagging

we would be gagging

you would be gagging

they would be gagging

Conditional perfect

I would have gagging

you would have gagging

he/she/it would have gagging

we would have gagging

you would have gagging

they would have gagging

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been gagging

you would have been gagging

he/she/it would have been gagging

we would have been gagging

you would have been gagging

they would have been gagging

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you gag
we let´s gag
you gag

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to gag

Past participle

gagged

Present Participle

gagging

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «GAGGING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «gagging» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of gagging

choke · curb · heave · muffle · muzzle · quieten · restraint · retch · silence · stifle · subdue · suppress · tie

TRANSLATION OF GAGGING

Find out the translation of gagging to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of gagging from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gagging» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 作呕
• Translator English - Spanish: náuseas
• English: gagging
• Translator English - Hindi: गैगिंग
• Translator English - Arabic: الإسكات
• Translator English - Russian: рвотные
• Translator English - Portuguese: engasgos
• Translator English - Bengali: মৌখিক
• Translator English - French: bâillonnement
• Translator English - Malay: Menggonggong
• Translator English - German: Würgen
• Translator English - Japanese: 吐き気
• Translator English - Korean: 커억
• Translator English - Javanese: Gagging
• Translator English - Vietnamese: nôn
• Translator English - Tamil: gagging
• Translator English - Marathi: गॅगिंग
• Translator English - Turkish: geğirme
• Translator English - Italian: conati di vomito
• Translator English - Polish: dławienie
• Translator English - Ukrainian: блювотні
• Translator English - Romanian: calus
• Translator English - Greek: φίμωση
• Translator English - Afrikaans: gagging
• Translator English - Swedish: munkavle
• Translator English - Norwegian: gagging

4 QUOTES WITH «GAGGING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word gagging.

1

Ron Davies

I've made it abundantly clear and I'll repeat yet again there's no question of gagging individuals.

2

Peter Riegert

I apply the three gag rule, which is if I can read a script without gagging more than three times, then maybe I can say yes to this job.

3

Meg Rosoff

Contrary to popular belief, editors and agents are gagging for good books.

4

Arthur Smith

Give me the new thing and give it to me now. I don't want that old thing - I've seen it, heard it, bought it, slept with it, loved it, but now I'm bored with the old thing and I'm gagging for the new stuff.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GAGGING»

Discover the use of gagging in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gagging and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The Gagging of God: Christianity Confronts Pluralism

A leading evangelical scholar presents clear, compelling thoughts on salvation through Christ alone. The book addresses the growing popularity of pluralistic theology.

D. A. Carson, 2009

Gagging: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases

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‎2008

What's Wrong with My Dog?

Jake Tedaldi. My Dog Is Gagging My Dog Is Gagging My Dog Is Gulping or Swallowing. as squamous cell carcinoma, a highly invasive and usually fatal form of cancer. Warts are the only oral masses you can ignore. They typically go away on ...

Jake Tedaldi, 2007

Gagging Acts: The Trials of British Romanticism

When the legislation succeeded in silencing early 1790s radicalism, silence itself, its conditions, valences, its uncontainability, became the muse of Romantic-era writers.

John W. Bugg, 2007

Gagging Jesus: Things Jesus Said We Wish He Hadn't

A bound-and-gagged Jesus. A Jesus of our own making. That's why this book focuses on the fifteen most outrageous things Jesus said: the fifteen things you are least likely to hear preached about in church.

Phil Moore, 2013

The Mighty Toddler

GAGGING Gagging in healthy toddlers is a way of refusing food. It is often very successful as it has the potential to frighten the wits out of the parents, who confuse it with choking. Sometimes it's such a convincing performance that parents ...

Robin Barker, 2007

Complete Dentures: A Clinical Manual for the General Dental ...

The Gagging Patient: Are Impression Procedures Possible? Should Load Be Deliberately Applied to the Tissues During Impression Procedures? Tissue loading tends to apply an unknown load to the tissues in a poorly controlled manner.

Hugh Devlin, 2001

Babylove

GAGGING AND CHOKING Most parents worry about the way their baby gags at times and the possibility of her choking, and often confuse gagging with choking. This is a normal concern but unfortunately it can lead to a baby's diet being too ...

Robin Barker, 2007

Textbook of Complete Dentures

This prevents the regular action of the cheek from eliminating the saliva from the lower buccal vestibule, so the saliva will exit through the corners of the mouth. Gagging and Vomiting Patients who develop a gagging or vomiting problem with  ...

Arthur O. Rahn, John R. Ivanhoe, Kevin D. Plummer, 2009

ASPCA Complete Dog Care Manual

115) Acute coughing or gagging Kennel cough Tonsil, pharynx, or larynx infection Acute bronchitis Inhalation pneumonia Foreign body in the airway Persistent coughing or gagging Poor heart function Collapsed windpipe Chronic bronchitis ...

Bruce Fogle, 1993

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GAGGING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gagging is used in the context of the following news items.

Disclosure close Lisbon's Nos Alive festival 2015

I'm gagging for a fucking spliff." The Jesus And Mary Chain played their 1985 debut album 'Psychocandy' in full and in order, opening with 'Just ... «NME.com, Jul 15»

Refugee centre whistleblowers face two years in prison

The new law gagging doctors draws the veil down even further. Meanwhile, the Labor Party recently helped to defeat a Greens party motion ... «The Sunshine Coast Daily, Jul 15»

Iron Man and Transformers censored by US military for getting too …

Military chiefs at the Pentagon are gagging Hollywood when its science fiction blockbusters get uncomfortably close to the bone. Directors are ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»

Kylie Minogue Releasing Christmas Album? 'Spinning Around …

Kylie Minogue fans who were left gagging for more when she released 'Kiss Me Once' last year will be pleased to hear she could be about to ... «Huffington Post UK, Jul 15»

Mangaluru: On pretext of asking for water, robbers assault home …

... Saurday July 11 and robbed a home-alone woman after allegedly assaulting and gagging her. The incident came to light on Sunday July 12. «Daijiworld.com, Jul 15»

Should India's premier journalism institute bar its own teachers from …

... the same model but many are questioning the idea of gagging faculty when most of them are journalists and editors who are training students ... «Scroll.in, Jul 15»

Sharon Myers: Relationships develop as children grow up

I'm not surprised because it took him almost three years to stop gagging at a poopy diaper, so his delayed reaction on changing how we ... «Pratt Tribune, Jul 15»

Mr. Robot - Episode 3 "d3bug.mkv"

The sex scene later in the episode that Tyrell has with his wife, full of bondage and gagging, is one I did not find essential. What did this really ... «PopMatters, Jul 15»

Magic Mike re-make had enough beef but could have done with …

The surprise was the appearance of the usually demure Andie MacDowell as a gagging southern cougar dropping f-bombs like I have never ... «Manawatu Standard, Jul 15»

Gagging! Malawi Police summons reporter Chimjeka over ' stories'

Malawi Police in administrative capital Lilongwe on Wednesday summoned award winning Nations Publications Limited (NPL) reporter ... «Nyasa Times, Jul 15»