[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to stop up the mouth of (a person) by putting something in it, thus preventing speech, shouts, etc.", "to restrain by force or authority from freedom of speech; silence .Synonyms: suppress , stifle , curb", "to fasten open the jaws of, as in surgical operations.", "to cause to retch or choke.", "Metalworking.to straighten or bend (a bar, rail, etc.) with a gag."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to retch or choke."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["something put into a person's mouth to prevent speech, shouting, etc.", "any forced or arbitrary suppression of freedom of speech.", "a surgical instrument for holding the jaws open.", "Metalworking.a shaped block of steel used with a press to straighten or bend a bar, rail, etc."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a joke, especially one introduced into a script or an actor's part.", "any contrived piece of wordplay or horseplay."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to tell jokes or make amusing remarks.", "to introduce gags in acting.", "to play on another's credulity, as by telling false stories."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to introduce usually comic interpolations into (a script, an actor's part, or the like) (usually followed byup)."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a serranid game fish,Mycteroperca microlepsis,found along the southeastern coast of the United States.", "any of several related fishes."]}]