gag

[US]/gæg/
[UK]/gæg/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. kumkumbua mguu wa; kumkumbua kushirikisha mizigo ya maelezo
vi. kumkumbua kushirikisha mizigo ya maelezo; kumkumbua kushirikisha mizigo ya maelezo
n. mchumia wa mguu wa kumkumbua maelezo; maelezo ya kumkumbua mizigo ya maelezo
Word Forms
Third Person Singulargags
Past Participlegagged
Pluralgags
Present Participlegagging
Past Tensegagged

Phrases & Collocations

gag order

gag order

gag reflex

gag reflex

Example Sentences

bromidic gags in sitcoms.

mipangi ya bromidic katika sitcoms.

A thermometer gages the temperature.

Mkasa anamwaziri kwenye mwelekeo.

The robbers rammed the gag in her mouth.

Mipangi wanaokwepa mpangia kwenye miguu yake.

there were gags, spoofs, and dumbshows.

kuna mipangi, miguu, na miguu ya kihuluma.

the government is trying to gag its critics.

hukundi hujitangaza kumwaziri miguu yao.

one of the most memorable gags in the history of vaudeville.

moja ya miguu yenyewe ya kusambaza kwa historia ya vaudeville.

The fuel gages dropped swiftly.

Mipangia ya mafuta yalimwaziri kwa mafua.

They tied him up and put a gag on him.

Walimwaziri na walipangia miguu kwenye miguu yake.

a mixture of wit and instant visual gags

mishumaa ya kushangaza na miguu ya kivisual.

a non-stop comedian, cracking gags by the dozen

mkombozi wa miguu wa kushangaza kwa mili.

editorials accusing the government of wanting to gag the popular press.

mipango ya kusambaza kwa hukundi kwa kumwaziri miguu ya mafundisho.

The gang tied up the security guard and put a gag in his mouth.

Mipango walimwaziri mguu wa mafundisho na walipangia miguu kwenye miguu yake.

There was this running gag about a penguin (= they kept telling penguin jokes).

Kuna miguu ya kushangaza kwa mguu wa penguin (= walipiga miguu ya penguin).

Refusing the straightjacket of political totalitarianism only to put on the straightjaket of religious conservative totalitarianism merely changes the design of the gag not its effectiveness.

Kukataa kileo cha ulimwengu wa kisiasa cha kikomunisti si kuvaa kileo cha kikomunisti cha kidini ni badili tu muundo wa kizuio, sio ufanisi wake.

Oh, Popeye. You're smart like anything! -Watch this, butter muscles! Even I think it's impossible! That lamebrain will fall for this gag...

Oh, Popeye. Umelewa kama mwenyewe! -Tazama hili, mguu wa mafundisho! Hata mimi ninafikiri ni mafupi! Mwenyewe hujifanya na miguu hili...

Far more importantly, however, it was also one of the sites of Willy Widdershins's exploding toilet gags that Arthur Weasley investigated for the Ministry of Magic (OP7).

Hata kwa matokeo ya miguu ya kushangaza ya Willy Widdershins ya kushangaza kwa mguu wa kichwa, huko pia ni mguu ya kushangaza ya Willy Widdershins, Arthur Weasley alimtazama kwa kwa kundi la ufalme (OP7).

Boiler's appurtenance: burners which will be suitable for the fuels of the boilers, water treatment devices, pumps, blowers, de-oxygenization devices, heaters, safety devices, water gages;

Mipango ya mkombo: mkono wanaoonesha kwa mazofi ya mkombo, mizigo ya mizigo, mizigo, mizigo, mizigo ya mizigo, mizigo, mizigo ya mizigo, mizigo ya mizigo;

Real-world Examples

It's the ball gag. I thought you wanted it.

Hii ni kigofu cha mpira. Niliyakaribia kufanya huu.

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 2

All four of them had been gagged.

Wote wawili walikuwa wamekofu.

Source: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

We do not recycle ball gags.

Tusipata kigofu cha mpira.

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 2

It was one of the better budget gags.

Hii ilikuwa moja ya mafupi ya kigofu.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

We didn't know if it was a gag.

Tusisafiri kama hii ni kigofu.

Source: NPR News March 2022 Compilation

A negative test result would be a normal gag reflex.

Matokeo ya testi ya kina ni mafupi ya kigofu.

Source: Osmosis - Microorganisms

" Remove her gag." The power essentially allows its practitioners to mentally dominate most individuals.

"Futa kigofu hao." Mipango haya inafanya wakala wao wakifanyia mafupi ya kigofu.

Source: Selected Film and Television News

Lawyers are under gag order and not talking.

Wakala wana kila mafupi ya kigofu na hawakutaka kujua.

Source: NPR News August 2013 Compilation

" Er—my—nee—no! " shouted Ron through his gag.

" Er—my—nee—no! " alisumbua Ron kwa kigofu lake.

Source: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

He frowned. " What is this? A gag? "

Alikuwa na mchaguo. " Je, hii ni kigofu? "

Source: Flowers for Algernon

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