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gagging

UK
/ˈɡæɡɪŋ/
US
/ˈɡæɡɪŋ/

Translations

gagginggerund / present participle
UK
/ˈɡæɡɪŋ/
US
/ˈɡæɡɪŋ/
Used adjectivally to describe something that causes the urge to retch or that obstructs breathing.
Synonyms
keen
desperate
itching
anxious
dying (to)
choking
retching
heaving
nauseated
sick
eager
gaggingnoun
рвотный рефлекс
The smell of the garbage caused a gagging.
Запах мусора вызвал рвотный рефлекс.
The prisoner was silenced with a gagging.
Заключённого заставили замолчать с помощью кляпа.
Synonyms
sickness
nausea
choking
heaving
retching
gagverb

gagging

Gerund

gagged
Past Simple
gagged
Past Participle
gagging
Gerund
UK
/ɡæɡ/
US
/ɡæɡ/
He started to gag when he smelled the rotten food.
Он начал давиться, когда почувствовал запах гнилой еды.
They tried to gag him to stop him from speaking.
Они попытались заткнуть его, чтобы он не говорил.
Additional translations
душить
удушать
Synonyms
suffocate
choke
prevent from speaking
muffle
stifle

Definitions

gagginggerund / present participle
Extremely unpleasant in taste or smell; causing the urge to retch.
The gagging stench of rotting garbage filled the alley.
gaggingnoun
The act of choking or retching, often as a reflex action to something unpleasant.
The smell of the spoiled food was so bad that it caused a gagging reaction.
The act of preventing someone from speaking by applying a gag or similar restraint.
Human-rights groups criticised the gagging of journalists during the conflict.
gagverb
To experience a reflex action in the throat, often as a result of disgust or choking.
She gagged at the smell of the rotten food.
To prevent someone from speaking freely or expressing their opinions.
The government was accused of trying to gag the press.
To put something in or over someone's mouth to prevent them from speaking.
The kidnappers gagged their victim to keep him quiet.
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