gagging

From gag +‎ -ing.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡæɡɪŋ/

gagging

1. present participle and gerund of gag

gagging (plural gaggings)

1. A gag motion or reflex.
   • 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings:

     She was restarted on L-DOPA later, in the middle of July, and this time the tongue-pulsions and gaggings were not evoked at all, but, on the contrary, a striking improvement occurred.

gagging (comparative more gagging, superlative most gagging)

1. That causes one to gag.
   • 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 40:

     Then the old scourge of dusk swooped down upon the warderless hoard. It is he who burns up the sky at night in long trails of yellow flame, who flies above houses in a whirlwind of shrieking wings and gagging smoke.