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as in vomited
to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth
the terrible smell of rotting fish made me gag
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as in joked
to make jokes
the actor typically mugs and gags through his movies, but in his latest vehicle he plays it straight
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Recent Examples of gagged
In July 2013, Anderson and Walker were found bound, gagged, tortured and shot to death in Anderson’s home, according to police.
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Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2026
Everyone is gagged, with their mouths agape and eyes darting around.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
During Aguirre’s trial, prosecutors told jurors that the boy was routinely beaten, shot with a BB gun, forced to eat cat feces and sleep inside a small cabinet while gagged and bound.
—City News Service, Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026
She was found with her wrists and ankles bound with shoelaces and duct tape, she was gagged with underwear and duct tape was placed over her mouth and nose.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 20 Mar. 2026
Everyone’s gagged for the poster.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 3 Feb. 2026
Heated Rivalry‘s Hudson Williams gagged Gayle King at the 2026 Golden Globes.
—Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 11 Jan. 2026
Tressa Lynn Pettibone, 33, had been beaten, tied up, gagged and fatally stabbed twice in the neck and once in the side.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 10 Dec. 2025
Since the very first moment that Natasha Rothwell gagged us all on Insecure, real ones have known that she was meant to headline a punchy comedy.
—Ew Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Dec. 2025
Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2026
Everyone is gagged, with their mouths agape and eyes darting around.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
During Aguirre’s trial, prosecutors told jurors that the boy was routinely beaten, shot with a BB gun, forced to eat cat feces and sleep inside a small cabinet while gagged and bound.
—City News Service, Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026
She was found with her wrists and ankles bound with shoelaces and duct tape, she was gagged with underwear and duct tape was placed over her mouth and nose.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 20 Mar. 2026
Everyone’s gagged for the poster.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 3 Feb. 2026
Heated Rivalry‘s Hudson Williams gagged Gayle King at the 2026 Golden Globes.
—Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 11 Jan. 2026
Tressa Lynn Pettibone, 33, had been beaten, tied up, gagged and fatally stabbed twice in the neck and once in the side.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 10 Dec. 2025
Since the very first moment that Natasha Rothwell gagged us all on Insecure, real ones have known that she was meant to headline a punchy comedy.
—Ew Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gagged
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Luke Sapolu testified that Pulido vomited while in custody hours before the attack.—
City News Service,
Oc Register,
24 Apr. 2026
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Motta hunched over and vomited into a trash can.—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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Another firefighter told investigators Lewin also choked the patient after jabbing his eyes.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Apr. 2026
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Kolkata spinners Varun Chakravarthy (2-33) and Sunil Narine (1-23) choked the scoring, while pacers Vaibhav Arora (2-24) and Kartik Tyagi (1-41) also inflicted damage.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Apr. 2026
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At the Oscars, Conan O’Brien joked about the longstanding rumor that Netflix encourages their writers to write for a passive audience.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Apr. 2026
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Whiting joked that the trip may have been the inspiration for Johnson running for Chicago’s mayor, so that one day the city would be his.—
Mike Danahey,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Gagged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gagged. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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