Antonyms for gagging

Grammar : Verb

Spell : gag

Phonetic Transcription : gæg

Definition of gagging

Origin : mid-15c., "to choke, strangle," possibly imitative or influenced by Old Norse gaghals "with head thrown back." The sense of "stop a person's mouth" is first attested c.1500. Related: Gagged; gagging.

verb silence, stop up
verb vomit, choke

Example sentences :

Why then, Father John, not to tell you a lie, it is because you do be going on with your gagging at me so.
Extract from : « The Macdermots of Ballycloran » by Anthony Trollope

From this it will be seen that the art of gagging can hardly be considered to be modern.
Extract from : « The Heritage of Dress » by Wilfred Mark Webb

Then, somewhere in the crowd, I heard him choking and gagging.
Extract from : « The Great Quest » by Charles Boardman Hawes

By destroying the liberties of the people in gagging their representatives.
Extract from : « Thirty Years' View (Vol. II of 2) » by Thomas Hart Benton

This result they promote by gagging the patient with a stick.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 71, No. 437, March 1852 » by Various

There was no justification in my detaining you yesterday over the gagging of your valet.
Extract from : « The Crime Club » by William Holt-White

The master said that I was, and after the gagging and drugging it is very probable.
Extract from : « My Experiences in a Lunatic Asylum » by Herman Charles Merivale

Stan was binding and gagging him when Arno came running to help him.
Extract from : « A Yankee Flier in Italy » by Rutherford G. Montgomery

Like a half-resuscitated man he did as he was told, gagging and coughing.
Extract from : « Mortmain » by Arthur Cheny Train

In that case, of course, the binding and gagging of the Jap was a blind.
Extract from : « The Gray Phantom » by Herman Landon

Synonyms for gagging

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