Gagging
//ˈɡæɡɪŋ// adj, noun, verb
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A gag motion or reflex.
"She was restarted on L-DOPA later, in the middle of July, and this time the tongue-pulsions and gaggings were not evoked at all, but, on the contrary, a striking improvement occurred."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of gag form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
- 1 That causes one to gag.
"Then the old scourge of dusk swooped down upon the warderless hoard. It is he who burns up the sky at night in long trails of yellow flame, who flies above houses in a whirlwind of shrieking wings and gagging smoke."
Example
More examples"He was gagging uncontrollably from the pain."
Etymology
From gag + -ing.
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