gag

blague, gag

Plaisanterie ou petit tour destiné à faire rire.

En anglais simple : A joke or playful trick meant to make people laugh.

• Everyone laughed at the gag.
• The film is full of clever visual gags.
• He gave her a rubber spider as a gag gift.

Synonymes : joke, prank

Expressions courantes : visual gag, running gag, gag gift

bâillon

Objet placé dans la bouche ou sur celle-ci pour empêcher quelqu’un de parler ou de crier.

En anglais simple : Something put in or over someone’s mouth to stop them speaking or shouting.

• He removed the gag.
• The prisoner tried to speak through the cloth gag.
• They found her tied to a chair with a gag in her mouth.

Expressions courantes : remove a gag, cloth gag, gag in someone's mouth

interdiction de parler, bâillon

Règle officielle qui interdit de discuter d’un sujet ou d’une affaire précise.

En anglais simple : An official rule that stops people from discussing a particular subject or case.

• The judge issued a gag order.
• The gag prevented reporters from naming the witness.
• The court lifted the gag after the trial ended.

Comment l'utiliser : a gag on someone/something (The judge imposed a gag on discussion of the evidence.)

Synonymes : speech ban, gag order

Expressions courantes : gag order, press gag, lift a gag

avoir des haut-le-cœur

Réagir comme si on allait vomir, souvent parce que quelque chose touche la gorge ou dégoûte.

En anglais simple : To react as if you are going to vomit, often because something touches your throat or disgusts you.

• The smell made me gag.
• He gagged as the doctor examined his throat.
• She started gagging after tasting the spoiled milk.

Comment l'utiliser : gag on something (He gagged on a piece of dry bread.); gag at something (She gagged at the smell of rotten fish.)

Synonymes : retch, heave

Expressions courantes : gag on something, gag at something, start to gag

museler, réduire au silence

Empêcher quelqu’un de parler publiquement d’un sujet par des règles, des ordres ou des menaces.

En anglais simple : To stop someone speaking publicly about something by using rules, orders, or threats.

• The government tried to gag the press.
• Staff were gagged by a strict confidentiality agreement.
• A court order gagged the witnesses until the trial was over.

Synonymes : silence, censor

Expressions courantes : gag the press, gag someone's critics, gag an employee