sight gag
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noun
a comic effect produced by visual means rather than by spoken lines, as in a play or motion picture.
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Origin of sight gag
First recorded in 1945–50
Words nearby sight gag
sight, sight bill, sight draft, sighted, sighter, sight gag, sighthole, sighthound, sighting, sightless, sightline
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