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Word - rootword - affixes
busalan - busal - -an~
bu.sa.lan. - 3 syllables

-an = busalan
busalan

busalan : gag (v.)
busal [bu.sal.] : muzzle (v.)
[ Etymology: Spanish: bozal: muzzle ]

Derivatives of busal


Glosses:
gag
n. (communication)1. gag, jape, jest, joke, laugha humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter.; "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"
~ humor, wit, witticism, wittiness, humoura message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter.
~ gag line, punch line, tag line, laugh linethe point of a joke or humorous story.
~ howler, sidesplitter, thigh-slapper, wow, belly laugh, riot, screama joke that seems extremely funny.
~ blue joke, blue story, dirty joke, dirty storyan indelicate joke.
~ ethnic jokea joke at the expense of some ethnic group.
~ funny, funny remark, funny story, good storyan account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line).; "she told a funny story"; "she made a funny"
~ in-jokea joke that is appreciated only by members of some particular group of people.
~ one-linera one-line joke.
~ shaggy dog storya long rambling joke whose humor derives from its pointlessness.
~ sick jokea joke in bad taste.
~ sight gag, visual jokea joke whose effect is achieved by visual means rather than by speech (as in a movie).
n. (artifact)2. gag, muzzlerestraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting.
~ constraint, restrainta device that retards something's motion.; "the car did not have proper restraints fitted"
v. (perception)3. gag, muzzleprevent from speaking out.; "The press was gagged"
~ silence, hush, hush up, still, quieten, shut upcause to be quiet or not talk.; "Please silence the children in the church!"
v. (contact)4. choke, fret, gagbe too tight; rub or press.; "This neckband is choking the cat"
~ constrict, compress, contract, compact, press, squeezesqueeze or press together.; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"
v. (contact)5. gag, muzzletie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them.; "The burglars gagged the home owner and tied him to a chair"
~ tie, bindfasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord.; "They tied their victim to the chair"
v. (communication)6. gag, quipmake jokes or quips.; "The students were gagging during dinner"
~ jest, joketell a joke; speak humorously.; "He often jokes even when he appears serious"
v. (body)7. choke, gag, strangle, suffocatestruggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake.; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"
~ suffer, hurtfeel pain or be in pain.
v. (body)8. choke, gagcause to retch or choke.
~ sickenmake sick or ill.; "This kind of food sickens me"
v. (body)9. gag, heave, retchmake an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit.