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gag

verb [I] (ALMOST VOMIT)
 
 
/ɡæɡ/ (-gg-)

Definition

to experience the sudden uncomfortable feeling of tightness in the throat and stomach that makes you feel you are going to vomit: Just the smell of liver cooking makes me gag. I tried my best to eat it but the meat was so fatty I gagged on it.Vomiting and feelings of sickness
(Definition of gag verb (ALMOST VOMIT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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