regag en · VERB
Etymology
From re- + gag.
Meanings
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to put a gag back into someone's mouth.
But when it comes time to regag her, she snaps her head around and spits and hisses like a mad thing.
2012, Donna Jo Napoli, Hush: An Irish Princess' Tale, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 131:"Fingerprints. I'll have to throw this away with the stuff that gets burnt. And anyhow we have to regag her."
1974, Mendal W. Johnson, Let's go play at the Adams, page 215:I had half a mind to leave him like that, and as soon as he started offering excuses I threatened to regag him.
2007, Jim DeFelice, Leopards Kill, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 220:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| regagged | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| regagged | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| regags | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| regagging | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |