gagging

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gagging

  • /ˈɡæɡɪŋ/

Rhymes with -æɡɪŋ

Where it comes from

From gag + -ing.

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of gag

noun gaggings

  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 more gagging · most gagging

  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.

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"gagging." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/gagging. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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gagging. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/gagging

Chicago

"gagging." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/gagging.

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@misc{gagging_2026,
  title = {gagging},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gagging},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}