Index of English words, starting with "ga"

(1) - Gag (n.) A speech or phrase interpolated offhand by an actor on the stage in his part as written, usually consisting of some seasonable or local allusion.
(2) - Gag (n.) A mouthful that makes one retch; a choking bit; as, a gag of mutton fat.
(3) - Gag (n.) Something thrust into the mouth or throat to hinder speaking.
(4) - Gag (v. i.) To introduce gags or interpolations. See Gag, n., 3.
(5) - Gag (v. i.) To heave with nausea; to retch.
(6) - Gag (v. t.) To cause to heave with nausea.
(7) - Gag (v. t.) To pry or hold open by means of a gag.
(8) - Gag (v. t.) To stop the mouth of, by thrusting sometimes in, so as to hinder speaking; hence, to silence by authority or by violence; not to allow freedom of speech to.

(1) - Gage (v. t.) To measure. See Gauge, v. t.
(2) - Gage (n.) A measure or standard. See Gauge, n.
(3) - Gage (n.) To bind by pledge, or security; to engage.
(4) - Gage (n.) To give or deposit as a pledge or security for some act; to wage or wager; to pawn or pledge.
(5) - Gage (n.) A variety of plum; as, the greengage; also, the blue gage, frost gage, golden gage, etc., having more or less likeness to the greengage. See Greengage.
(6) - Gage (n.) A glove, cap, or the like, cast on the ground as a challenge to combat, and to be taken up by the accepter of the challenge; a challenge; a defiance.
(7) - Gage (n.) A pledge or pawn; something laid down or given as a security for the performance of some act by the person depositing it, and forfeited by nonperformance; security.

(1) - Gager (n.) A measurer. See Gauger.

(1) - Gaggle (v. i.) A flock of wild geese.
(2) - Gaggle (v. i.) To make a noise like a goose; to cackle.