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1. Desperate (esp. for sex)
   "she was gagging for it"

1. Prevent from speaking out
   "The press was gagged";
   - muzzle
    
2. Be too tight; rub or press
   "This neckband is gagging the cat";
   - choke, fret
    
3. Tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them
   "The burglars gagged the home owner and tied him to a chair";
   - muzzle
    
4. Make jokes or quips
   "The students were gagging during dinner";
   - quip
    
5. Struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
   "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged";
   - choke, strangle, suffocate
    
6. Cause to retch or choke
   - choke
    
7. Make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit
   - heave, retch

Type of: bind, compact, compress, constrict, contract, hurt, hush, hush up, jest, joke, press, quieten [Brit], shut up, sicken, silence, squeeze, still, suffer, tie

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