recuperate
[v] When you recuperate, you recover your health or strength after you have been ill or injured.
> I went away to the country to recuperate.
> He is recurring from a serious back injury.
tame
[adj] A tame animal or bird is one that is not afraid of humans.
>The deer never became tame; they would run away if you approached them.
[adj] If you say something or someone is tame, you are criticizing them for being weak and uninteresting rather than forceful and shocking.
> Some of today’s political demonstrations look rather tame.
> The report was pretty tame stuff
[v] If someone tames a wild bird or animal, they train it not to be afraid of humans to do what they say.
> The Amazons are believe to have been the first to tame horses.
[v] If you tame someone or something that is dangerous, uncontrolled, or likely to cause trouble, you bring it under control.
> Two regiments of cavalry were called out to tame the crowds.
gag
[cnt.n] A gag is something such as a piece of cloth that is tied around or put inside someone’s mouth in order to stop someone from speaking.
> His captor had put a gag of thick leather in his mouth.
[v] If someone gags you, they tie a piece of cloth around your mouth in order to stop you from speaking or shouting.
> I gagged him with a towel.
[v] If a person is gagged by someone with authority, they are prevented from expressing their opinion or from publishing certain information.
> Judges must not be gagged.
[v] If you gag, you cannot swallow and nearly vomit.
> I knelt by the toilet and gagged.
[cnt.n] A gag is joke. [informal]
[v] If you say someone is gagging for something or is gagging to do something, you are emphasizing that they want to have it or do it very much. [informal]
> Girls everywhere are gagging for a car like this.
> There are thousands of students absolutely gagging to come to this university.
gig
[cnt.n.] A gig is a live performance by someone such as a musician or a comedian.
> The two bands join forces for a gig at the Sheffield Area on November 28.
> He supplemented his income with occasional comedy gigs.
[v] When musicians or other performers gig, they perform live in public.
> By the time he was 15, Scoot had gigged with a handful of well-known small band.
> …ten years of gigging in bars and clubs all over Kentucky.
