Gag (disambiguation)

Gag is a device designed to prevent speech.

Gag or the acronym GAG may also refer to:

Humor

 * Gag cartoon, a one-panel comic that is usually intended to have ridiculous happenings
 * Yonkoma, a four panel form of Japanese gag comic strip
 * Gag gift, an informal term for a practical joke device
 * Visual gag, a comedian's term for a joke, a comedic sketch or routine, or the visible effect of a magical illusion
 * Running gag, a literary device that repeats in a certain work of literature

Legal

 * Gag order, a writ or court order taken out with an intent to prevent information or comment from being made public
 * Gag rule, a part of court proceedings and congressional proceedings

Physical objects

 * Gag (BDSM), used in BDSM activities
 * Gag bit, a type of bit used for strong horses
 * Gag (medical device), a device used by dentists, surgeons and veterinarians to hold the patient's mouth open
 * Jennings gag, a form of medical gag
 * Whitehead gag, a form of medical gag
 * Hallam gag, a form of medical gag
 * Wind gag, a woolly windscreen put round a microphone to stop it from picking up wind noise

Biology

 * Gag reflex, the feeling of choking or accompanying involuntary muscular contractions in the throat
 * Glycosaminoglycan (GAG), a polysaccharide that is part of connective tissue
 * Group-specific antigen, the genetic material that codes for the core structural proteins of a retrovirus
 * Gag grouper, a species of fish
 * GAG, one of two codons for glutamic acid

People

 * Anton Gag (1859–1908), painter
 * Andrei Gag (born 1991), Romanian athlete
 * Wanda Gág (1893–1946), children's book writer and illustrator

Music

 * Gag (album), a 1984 album by Fad Gadget
 * Gagged (EP), a 2015 EP by Violet Chachki
 * "Gag" (song), a 2013 single by Gen Hoshino

Other uses

 * gag, the ISO 639 code for the Gagauz language
 * Gag Island, one of the Raja Ampat Islands in Indonesia
 * Gage Airport in Gage, Oklahoma (IATA airport code GAG)
 * Gays Against Groomers, an American political organization
 * The Go-Ahead Group, a British transport company
 * Gorniczy Agregat Gasniczy (GAG), a jet engine unit used in mine fires
 * Grenfell Action Group, a residents' association at Grenfell Tower, London which caught fire
 * Gustav Adolf Grammar School, a school in Estonia