gagged

gagged · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    Past tense and past participle of gag; having had something placed in or over the mouth to prevent speaking or crying out.

  2. 2.

    Silenced or prevented from speaking freely.

  3. 3.

    Choked or retched; experienced a reflexive spasm of the throat.

Related words

Antonyms: freed, released
See also: gag, silenced
Synonyms: choked, muzzled, silenced

Etymology

From Middle English gaggen, possibly of imitative origin.