gag
意味
- さるぐつわ;(歯科医の)開口器
- 人を黙らせるもの,言論を抑圧するもの
- (…を)〈人〉の口に詰める,(…で)〈人〉にさるぐつわをはめる《+名+with+名》
- 〈人・権力などが〉…の言論の自由を抑圧する
- (飲みこめないで)吐き気を催す
- ギャグ(だじゃれ)を言う
- ギャグ,だじゃれ
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
The noun is from Early Modern English gagge; the verb is from Middle English gaggen. Possibly imitative or perhaps related to or influenced by Old Norse gag-háls ("with head thrown backwards"; > Norwegian dialectal gaga (“bent backwards”)). The intransitive sense "to retch" is from 1707. The noun is from the 16th century, figurative use (for "repression of speech") from the 1620s. The secondary meaning "(practical) joke" is from 1863, of unclear origin.