"he told a very funny joke"
"he knows a million gags"
"thanks for the laugh"
"he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest"
"even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point"
"The press was gagged"
"This neckband is choking the cat"
"The burglars gagged the home owner and tied him to a chair"
"The students were gagging during dinner"
"he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"
