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handgag

handgag verb: to silence (a person) by placing one's hand over their mouth.

Verb

handgag (third-person singular simple present handgags, present participle handgagging, simple past and past participle handgagged)

  1. (transitive) To silence (a person) by placing one's hand over their mouth.

Forms of handgag

third-person singular presenthandgags
present participlehandgagging
past participlehandgagged
pasthandgagged

Origin of handgag

hand + gag

Questions about handgag

What does handgag mean?
Handgag means to silence (a person) by placing one's hand over their mouth.
What part of speech is handgag?
Handgag is a verb.
What is the past tense of handgag?
The past tense of handgag is handgagged.

Words near handgag in the dictionary

  1. handfuckers
  2. handful
  3. handfull
  4. handfulls
  5. handfuls
  6. handgag
  7. handgagged
  8. handgagging
  9. handgags
  10. handgame
  11. handgames

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