5
shy(verb, stick, pause, silence, hesitate)
5
squash(verb, stop, calm, quiet, restrain)
5
stumble(verb, stick, question, shy, fret)
4
acting(act, trick, routine, sham, con)
4
balk(verb, stick, pause, shy, silence)
4
be sick(expression, idiom)
4
buffoonery(noun, trick, fun, game, humor)
4
caper(noun, fancy, catch, trick, sport)
4
chain(verb, hold, control, restrain, curb)
4
choke off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, calm, break)
4
chuck
4
clamp down on(expression, idiom, close, quiet, restrain)
4
constrain(verb, hold, control, restrain, curb)
4
cork up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, restrain, moderate)
4
crack down on(expression, idiom, close, quiet, restrain)
4
deaden(verb, calm, dull, quiet, restrain)
4
drollery(noun, trick, fun, game, humor)
4
fetter(noun, verb, hold, control, restrain)
4
fun(noun, play, crack, humor, jolly)
4
gasp(noun, verb, block, kill, fill)
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