gag

"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 students were gagging during dinner";

"he swallowed a fishbone and gagged";