How to pronounce “gag law”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• A device to restrain speech, such as a rag in the mouth secured with tape or a rubber ball threaded onto a cord or strap.
• (law) An order or rule forbidding discussion of a case or subject.
• (figurative) Any suppression of freedom of speech.
• A joke or other mischievous prank.
• (film) a device or trick used to create a practical effect; a gimmick
• A convulsion of the upper digestive tract.
• (archaic) A mouthful that makes one retch or choke.
• (archaic, slang, uncountable) Unscripted lines introduced by an actor into his part.
• Mycteroperca microlepis, a species of grouper.
• [Verb]
• (intransitive) To experience the vomiting reflex.
• (transitive) To cause to heave with nausea.
• (transitive) To restrain someone's speech by blocking his or her mouth.
• (transitive) To pry or hold open by means of a gag.
• (transitive, figuratively) To restrain someone's speech without using physical means.
• (ambitransitive) To choke; to retch.
• (ambitransitive, obsolete, slang) To deceive (someone); to con.
• (transitive, LGBTQ slang) To astonish (someone); to leave speechless.

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