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1 morsel
['mɔːsl]* * *['mo:səl](a small piece of something, especially food: a tasty morsel of fish for the cat.) boccone* * *morsel /ˈmɔ:sl/n.2 (fig.) briciolo; pizzico.* * *['mɔːsl] -
2 gag
I [gæg]1) (piece of cloth) bavaglio m.2) (censorship)to put a gag on the press — mettere il bavaglio alla stampa, imbavagliare la stampa
3) colloq. (joke) gag f., battuta f.II 1. [gæg]verbo transitivo (forma in -ing ecc. - gg-) imbavagliare [ hostage]; giorn. imbavagliare [media, journalist]2.1) (choke) soffocare, strozzarsi2) (feel sick) avere conati di vomito* * *[ɡæɡ] 1. past tense, past participle - gagged; verb1) (to prevent (a person) talking or making a noise, by putting something in or over his mouth: The guards tied up and gagged the prisoners.) imbavagliare2) (to choke and almost be sick.) avere conati di vomito2. noun(something which is put in or over a person's mouth to prevent him talking or making a noise.) bavaglio* * *[ɡæɡ]1. n1) (over mouth) bavaglio2) (fam: joke) battuta, gag f inv2. vt(silence: prisoner etc) imbavagliare3. vi* * *gag /gæg/n.1 fazzoletto (o sim.) appallottolato e infilato in bocca; bavaglio: to put a gag in sb. 's mouth, tappare la bocca a q. con un fazzoletto appallottolato; to put a gag over sb. 's mouth, imbavagliare q.3 (fig.) restrizione alla libertà di parola; bavaglio; mordacchia: to put a gag on the press, imbavagliare la stampa; to put a gag on st., vietare la discussione pubblica di qc.7 (fam.) trovata comica; gag; battuta9 (mecc.) distanziatore● (fam. USA) gag comics, fumetti demenziali □ (fam. USA) gag law (o gag rule), legge (o norma) limitativa della libertà di parola e di stampa □ (polit.) gag order, divieto ufficiale di discutere pubblicamente di un argomento □ (med.) gag reflex, riflesso del vomito; riflesso faringeo.(to) gag /gæg/A v. t.1 imbavagliare; mettere il bavaglio aB v. i.1 avere conati di vomito; essere sul punto di soffocare: I gagged on a morsel of hard bread, stavo per soffocare per un boccone di pane secco● (fam.) to be gagging for st., morire dalla voglia di qc. □ (polit. GB) gagging order = gag order ► gag □ (scherz. USA) Gag me with a spoon!, che schifo!; roba da vomito!* * *I [gæg]1) (piece of cloth) bavaglio m.2) (censorship)to put a gag on the press — mettere il bavaglio alla stampa, imbavagliare la stampa
3) colloq. (joke) gag f., battuta f.II 1. [gæg]verbo transitivo (forma in -ing ecc. - gg-) imbavagliare [ hostage]; giorn. imbavagliare [media, journalist]2.1) (choke) soffocare, strozzarsi2) (feel sick) avere conati di vomito
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