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New English :: gag me with a spoon
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gagliar.html - (Youth Culture) see Valspeak |
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Traditional English :: gag
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gagliar.html - n. & v. --n. 1 a piece of cloth etc. thrust into or held over the mouth to prevent speaking or crying out, or to hold it open in surgery.
2 a joke or comic scene in a play, film, etc., or as part of a comedian's act.
3 an actor's interpolation in a dramatic dialogue.
4 a thing or circumstance restricting free speech.
5 a a joke or hoax. b a humorous action or situation.
6 an imposture or deception.
7 Parl. a closure or guillotine. --v. (gagged, gagging)
1 tr. apply a gag to.
2 tr. silence; deprive of free speech.
3 tr. apply a gag-bit to (a horse).
4 a intr. choke or retch. b tr. cause to do this.
5 intr. Theatr. make gags. gag-bit a specially powerful bit for horse-breaking. gag man a deviser or performer of theatrical gags. [ME, orig. as verb: orig. uncert.] |
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Traditional English :: gaga
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gagliar.html - adj.
sl.
1 senile.
2 fatuous; slightly crazy. [F, = senile] |
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Traditional English :: gage(1)
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gagliar.html - n. & v. --n. 1 a pledge; a thing deposited as security.
2 a a challenge to fight. b a symbol of this, esp. a glove thrown down. --v.tr. archaic stake, pledge; offer as a guarantee. [ME f. OF gage (n.), F gager (v.) ult. f. Gmc, rel. to WED] |
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Traditional English :: gage(2)
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gagliar.html - US var. of GAUGE. |
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Traditional English :: gage(3)
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gagliar.html - n.
= GREENGAGE. [abbr.] |
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