gagging

gag-ging · verb

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Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    Present participle of gag; retching or choking.

  2. 2.

    Silencing someone or preventing them from speaking.

  3. 3.

    (British slang) Extremely eager or desperate for something.

Related words

See also: gag, gags

Etymology

From Middle English gaggen (to suffocate), with the present participle suffix -ing.