DICTOMETER

VITS (Norwegian for "gag")

(gag, joke, broma, burla, chanza, chiste)

1. Synonyms:
   • Joke
   • Gag
   • Laugh
   • Jest
   • Jape
   Definitions:
   • a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
   Examples:
   • He told a very funny joke
   • He knows a million gags
   • Thanks for the laugh
   • He laughed unpleasantly at his own jest
   • Even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Gag
   • Muzzle
   Definitions:
   • restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Gag
   • Muzzle
   Definitions:
   • prevent from speaking out
   Examples:
   • The press was gagged
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Choke
   • Gag
   • Fret
   Definitions:
   • be too tight
   • rub or press
   Examples:
   • This neckband is choking the cat
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Gag
   • Muzzle
   Definitions:
   • tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them
   Examples:
   • The burglars gagged the home owner and tied him to a chair
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Gag
   • Quip
   Definitions:
   • make jokes or quips
   Examples:
   • The students were gagging during dinner
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Gag
   • Choke
   • Strangle
   • Suffocate
   Definitions:
   • struggle for breath
   • have insufficient oxygen intake
   Examples:
   • He swallowed a fishbone and gagged
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Gag
   • Choke
   Definitions:
   • cause to retch or choke
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Gag
   • Heave
   • Retch
   Definitions:
   • make an unsuccessful effort to vomit
   • strain to vomit