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ball gag

ball gag noun: a gag with a rubber or silicone sphere that is strapped into the mouth behind the teeth.

ball gag: a gag with a rubber or silicone sphere that is strapped into the mouth behind the teeth
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Noun

ball gag (plural ball gags)

  1. A gag with a rubber or silicone sphere that is strapped into the mouth behind the teeth.
    • Here is a model with an alluring docile expression, wearing a ball gag. Her arms and breasts also are bound.1978–79, Teresa Hommel, “Images of Women in Pornography and Media”, in New York University Review of Law and Social Change, volume 8, number 2, →ISSN, page 209
    • Miserable, violated and looking like a rag doll, Marsellus, red ball gag still in his mouth, opens his watery eyes to see Butch coming up behind.c. 1994, Quentin Tarantino, Pulp Fiction (screenplay); quoted in Kathryn Bond Stockton, Beautiful Bottom, Beautiful Shame: Where “Black” Meets “Queer”, Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press...

Forms of ball gag

pluralball gags
alternative formball-gag
alternative formballgag

Questions about ball gag

What does ball gag mean?
Ball gag means a gag with a rubber or silicone sphere that is strapped into the mouth behind the teeth.
What part of speech is ball gag?
Ball gag is a noun.
What is the plural of ball gag?
The plural of ball gag is ball gags.

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