Gag
Gag verb - Tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them.
Usage example: The burglars gagged the home owner and tied him to a chair
How words are described
| old | old gag | old tie |
| particular | particular gag | particular tie |
| usual | usual gag | usual tie |
| common | common gag | common tie |
| Other adjectives: short, regular, standard, obvious, simple, small, real, big, huge, little, dark, new, mere, last, different, comic, favorite. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- In the Frightmares book titled Bone Breath and the Vandals, a group of teenage vandals tie and gag a middle school girl and leave her in a dumpster.
Source: Callousness Towards Emergency -
And tie and gag Cacofonix while they're at it lest his music ruins the feast.
Source: Every Episode Ending -
Instead they tie them to a bed, Jerin on it, Cira at the foot and gag her so she's there while one of them "rapes his mouth".
Source: Forced to Watch
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