gag

/gæg/ verb (present participle gagging, past tense and past participle gagged)

Definition

COVER MOUTH [T] › to fasten something over someone's mouth so that they cannot speak: The owners of the house were found bound and gagged in the cellar.

STOP INFORMATION [T] › to prevent someone from giving their opinion or giving information about something: The government is trying to gag the press over the issue.

ALMOST VOMIT [I] › to feel that you are going to vomit: The sight of the body made him gag.

(Definition of gag verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)