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Significats de gag en anglès

portuguès
graça
català
agudesa
espanyol
gracia

A humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter.

agudesa
portuguès
afogar
català
escanyar
espanyol
ahogar

Struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake.

escanyar
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Examples for "choke"
Examples for "choke"
1
Castaner announced new measures such as banning police use of the choke-hold.
The Irish Times
2
That's so long as the federal government continues to choke our economy.
Radio NZ
3
It was a long moment before I could choke out the words.
A fugitive truth: an emma fielding mystery
4
The current strategy for ending the rupee's free fall will choke growth.
Reuters
5
Poultices do sometimes choke swine; tulips reduce posterity; causes leather to resist.
Roughing It
1
We fret over which areas will get flooded as sea levels rise.
Wired
2
Unfortunately, for now, there is far more to fret about than celebrate.
Reuters
3
The lily may grow; the man must fret and toil and spin.
Natural Law in the Spiritual World
4
We fret about mass extinction, but not enough to change our habits.
The Guardian
5
Don't fret, because no qualifications are necessary to trade as an accountant.
The Irish Times
1
The US should also work with the EU to strangle Syria's economy.
The Guardian
2
The tumult soon abates; and the murderess prepares to strangle her capture.
More Hunting Wasps
3
Police believe the killer used his fists and hands to strangle her.
News.com.au
4
And yesterday they set about working to strangle our renewed revolutionary vigour.
The Guardian
5
It said video footage showed Muñoz used a sweater to strangle himself.
The Guardian
1
I think the designers of this tower wanted to suffocate their prisoners.
Servant of a dark god
2
They're going to suffocate if they can't lower their arms soon anyway.
Takeover
3
Her excessive maternal concern for Anna had sometimes threatened to suffocate her.
The ice princess
4
Yet there was only so long they could suffocate England's attacking talents.
The Guardian
5
In fact, being around so many people was beginning to suffocate her.
Hide and Seek
català
tenir nàusees
espanyol
tener ansias

Make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit.

tenir nàusees
portuguès
mordaça
català
mordassa

Restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting.

mordassa
Ús de gag en anglès
1
The injunction was never intended to gag parliament or attack free speech.
The Guardian
2
Google loves to unveil a good gag product on April Fool's Day.
Wired
3
Sir, -Years ago the late Paddy Crosbie had a relevant gag.
The Irish Times
4
At some point the judge puts us all under a gag order.
Before you know kindness
5
Greatest gag in the country today is to send him live rabbits.
The new yorker
6
The single thing I work to attain in any gag is brevity.
Writing for Vaudeville
7
The global gag rule didn't exactly inspire us women to lean in.
The new yorker
8
But there's no classy way to end this year's Gold Logie gag.
News.com.au
9
Still, by month nine the sight of a penis made me gag.
With friends like these
10
To some extent, the freeze-frame gag was a product of technological developments.
The Guardian
11
All I know is that I needed to take her gag off.
After midnight
12
The youth reached for the gag then stopped, thinking better of it.
Blood and Bone
13
I'm just hoping someone will gag Farage.-Comments will be opened later
The Guardian
14
A strong, pungent odor that made him gag yet piqued his curiosity.
Sword of god
15
Probably insisted on some sort of a gag order from the get-go.
The apostle
16
Quickly he cut the cords and tore the gag from her mouth.
The Romance of Elaine / Sequel to "Exploits of Elaine"
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Translations for gag
Gag a través del temps
Gag per variant geogràfica
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Comú
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Comú
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