Gag vs. Jest — What's the Difference?

A gag is usually an item or device designed to prevent speech, often as a restraint device to stop the subject from calling for help and keep its wearer silent. This is usually done by blocking the mouth, partially or completely, or attempting to prevent the tongue, lips, or jaw from moving in the normal patterns of speech.

A thing said or done for amusement; a joke

A piece of cloth put in or over a person's mouth to prevent them from speaking

Speak in a joking way

A device for keeping the patient's mouth open during a dental or surgical operation.

A playful or frivolous mood or manner

A joke or an amusing story, especially one forming part of a comedian's act or in a film

A playful remark; a witticism or joke.

Put a gag on (someone)

A playful or amusing act; a prank.

Choke or retch

An object of ridicule; a laughingstock

Be very eager to have or do (something)

To make witty or amusing remarks.

Tell jokes

To act in a playful or facetious manner.

Something forced into or put over the mouth to prevent speaking or crying out.

(archaic) An act performed for amusement; a joke.

An obstacle to or a censoring of free speech.

(archaic) Someone or something that is ridiculed; the target of a joke.

A device placed in the mouth to keep it open, as in dentistry.

(obsolete) A deed; an action; a gest.

A practical joke

(obsolete) A mask; a pageant; an interlude.

A comic effect or remark.

To tell a joke; to talk in a playful manner; to make fun of something or someone.

The act or an instance of gagging or choking.

Alternative spelling of just

To prevent from speaking or crying out by using a gag.

A deed; an action; a gest.

To stop or restrain from exercising free speech

A mask; a pageant; an interlude.

To cause to choke, retch, or undergo a regurgitative spasm.

The object of laughter or sport; a laughingstock.

To keep (the mouth) open by using a dental gag.

To take part in a merrymaking; - especially, to act in a mask or interlude.

To block off or obstruct (a pipe or valve, for example).

To make merriment by words or actions; to joke; to make light of anything.

To experience a regurgitative spasm in the throat, as from revulsion to a food or smell or in reflexive response to an introduced object.

A humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter;

To make jokes or quips

Activity characterized by good humor

A device to restrain speech, such as a rag in the mouth secured with tape or a rubber ball threaded onto a cord or strap.

Tell a joke; speak humorously;

(legal) An order or rule forbidding discussion of a case or subject.

Act in a funny or teasing way

(figurative) Any suppression of freedom of speech.

A joke or other mischievous prank.

(film) a device or trick used to create a practical effect; a gimmick

A convulsion of the upper digestive tract.

(archaic) A mouthful that makes one retch or choke.

Mycteroperca microlepis, a species of grouper.

(intransitive) To experience the vomiting reflex.

(transitive) To cause to heave with nausea.

(transitive) To restrain someone's speech by blocking his or her mouth.

(transitive) To pry or hold open by means of a gag.

To restrain someone's speech without using physical means.

(ambitransitive) To choke; to retch.

To deceive (someone); to con.

To astonish (someone); to be at a loss for words.

To stop the mouth of, by thrusting sometimes in, so as to hinder speaking; hence, to silence by authority or by violence; not to allow freedom of speech to.

To pry or hold open by means of a gag.

To cause to heave with nausea.

To heave with nausea; to retch.

Something thrust into the mouth or throat to hinder speaking.

A mouthful that makes one retch; a choking bit; as, a gag of mutton fat.

A speech or phrase interpolated offhand by an actor on the stage in his part as written, usually consisting of some seasonable or local allusion.

A humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter;

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

Prevent from speaking out;

Be too tight; rub or press;

Tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them;

Make jokes or quips;

Struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake;

Cause to retch or choke

Make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit