regag

regag

English

Etymology

re- +‎ gag

Verb

regag (third-person singular simple present regags, present participle regagging, simple past and past participle regagged)

1. to put a gag back into someone's mouth.
   • 1974, Mendal W. Johnson, Let's go play at the Adams, page 215:

     "Fingerprints. I'll have to throw this away with the stuff that gets burnt. And anyhow we have to regag her."

   • 2007, Jim DeFelice, Leopards Kill, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 220:

     I had half a mind to leave him like that, and as soon as he started offering excuses I threatened to regag him.

   • 2012, Donna Jo Napoli, Hush: An Irish Princess' Tale, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 131:

     But when it comes time to regag her, she snaps her head around and spits and hisses like a mad thing.

Anagrams

• Gager, Garge, Grega, agger, eggar, gager