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gag
noun as in practical joke
verb as in silence, stop up
Example Sentences
Millions of viewers now watch monologues and other late night gags the following day on YouTube, which means networks that produce the shows have lost valuable revenue because Google controls much of that advertising.
I can’t say if that visual gag is on purpose, but there’s an awful lot of German names in here for a movie that takes place in Connecticut.
After covering his eyes with a blindfold, gagging him with a sock and taping his mouth shut, the suspect dragged the man to a car, threatening to put him in the trunk.
One of the earliest gags in the show comes when a customer asks for micro braids and the stylists suddenly pretend they are unavailable.
It’s a gag that’s funny five times and trite by the sixth, only to round back toward something warm and amiable by the final time it appears.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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