gagging

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Definitions of gagging word

verb with object gagging to introduce usually comic interpolations into (a script, an actor's part, or the like) (usually followed by up). 1
verb without object gagging to tell jokes or make amusing remarks. 1
verb without object gagging to introduce gags in acting. 1
verb without object gagging to play on another's credulity, as by telling false stories. 1
noun gagging a joke, especially one introduced into a script or an actor's part. 1
noun gagging any contrived piece of wordplay or horseplay. 1

before 1400

One of the 24% oldest English words

1400-50; late Middle English gaggen to suffocate; perhaps imitative of the sound made in choking

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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