gagging

verbnounadjectiveattested in dialogue

//ˈɡæɡɪŋ//

A gag motion or reflex.

verb

1
Also a form of gagpresent participle and gerund of gag

Etymology

From gag + -ing.

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.

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.

Forms

plural: gaggings
comparative: more gagging
superlative: most gagging

gaga · Mentally senile.gage · To bind (someone) by pledge or security; to engage.Gage · A surname originating as an occupation.

gagging · A gag motion or reflex.

gah · Expressing exasperation or annoyance.Gaia · The ecosystem of the Earth regarded as a self-regulating…Gail · A female given name, a diminutive of Abigail.

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