One-line definition
A ball gag is a strapped-in mouth gag shaped as a ball, used to restrict speech and sound or deepen the sense of submission.
Full definition
Taking speech away also removes the default safety channel. That is both the appeal of the gag, with its helplessness, muffled sound, and look, and its main safety consideration.
Risk reminder
A gag affects speech, swallowing, and breathing. In any gagged scenario, the safeword must be converted into a non-verbal signal or a drop-object arrangement before the gag goes in.
Related terms
- Safeword Signal
- Humiliation
- Bondage
- Muzzle