Dream Dictionary

Gag

To dream that you are gagging, denotes that you are not able to express yourself in how you really feel about a situation.

Alternatively, this dream may forewarn that you need to keep quiet before you put your foot in your mouth.

Dictionary definition

  • n. 1: a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter; "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point" [syn: joke, gag, laugh, jest, jape]
  • 2: restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting [syn: gag, muzzle]
  • v. 1: prevent from speaking out; "The press was gagged" [syn: gag, muzzle]
  • 2: be too tight; rub or press; "This neckband is choking the cat" [syn: choke, gag, fret]
  • 3: tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them; "The burglars gagged the home owner and tied him to a chair" [syn: gag, muzzle]
  • 4: make jokes or quips; "The students were gagging during dinner" [syn: gag, quip]
  • 5: struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged" [syn: gag, choke, strangle, suffocate]
  • 6: cause to retch or choke [syn: gag, choke]
  • 7: make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit [syn: gag, heave, retch]