Appendix:Gestures/gagging

Translingual

Etymology

This gesture is based on the action of touching one's uvula to force vomit.

Production

1. Open your mouth, and put your tongue out.
2. Point the index finger at your uvula.

Interjection

[gagging]

1. Indicates disgust.
   • 1997, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella

     [Minerva and Calliope are trying on a hat, in front of their mother.]

     Calliope: I saw it first. How do you think it looks on me, mother?

     Minerva: [does the gagging gesture] Awful.