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SIGHT GAG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sight gag mean?
• SIGHT GAG (noun)
The noun SIGHT GAG has 1 sense:
1. a joke whose effect is achieved by visual means rather than by speech (as in a movie)
Familiarity information: SIGHT GAG used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A joke whose effect is achieved by visual means rather than by speech (as in a movie)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
sight gag; visual joke
Hypernyms ("sight gag" is a kind of...):
gag; jape; jest; joke; laugh (a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter)
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