| 单词 | broad gag |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbroad gag a. A ‘made-up’ story; a piece of deception, an imposture, a lie. broad gag (see quot. 1823). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [noun] > a falsehood, lie liec900 leasingc1000 falsehoodc1290 falsedom1297 gabbinga1300 fablec1300 follyc1300 fittenc1440 untruthc1449 crackc1450 fallacy1481 falsity1557 falsedict1579 untroth1581 crackera1625 flam1632 mendacity1646 fairy story1692 false1786 whid1794 gag1805 wrinkle1819 reacher1828 cram1842 untruism1845 crammer1861 inveracity1864 bung1882 fairy tale1896 mistruth1897 post-and-rails1945 pork pie1973 porky1985 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > [noun] > an invention, fiction, story fablec1300 fantasy1362 feigning1388 invention?a1513 story?1531 finctionc1540 figment1577 fingure1593 fiction1599 knavigation1613 flam1632 gun1720 novel1764 fabrication1790 fudge1797 gag1805 myth1840 make-up1844 concoction1885 fictionalization1954 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > [noun] > instance of braida1000 fraudc1374 mock1523 brogue1537 flim-flamc1538 imposture1548 lie1560 cozening1576 smoke-hole1580 gullery1598 gull1600 cog1602 coggery1602 fraudulency1630 imposition1632 cheat1649 fourbery1650 prestige1656 sham1677 crimp1684 bite1711 humbug1750 swindle1778 hookum-snivey1781 shim-sham1797 gag1805 intake1808 racket1819 wooden nutmeg1822 sell1838 caper1851 skin game1879 Kaffir bargain1899 swizzle1913 swizz1915 put-on1919 ready-up1924 rort1926 jack-up1945 1805 Townsman (Manchester) in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1806) IX. 364 I hate to hear such gag about a Goliath of thirteen. 1819 J. G. Lockhart Peter's Lett. to Kinsfolk III. 241 Whether the Gag come in the shape of a compliment to the Gaggee, or some wonderful story, gravely delivered with every circumstance of apparent seriousness. 1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang Gag, a grand imposition upon the public; as a mountebank's professions, his cures, and his lottery-bags, are so many broad gags. 1871 All Year Round 18 Feb. 288 You won't bear malice now, will you? All gag of mine, you know, about old Miss Ponsonby. 1874 Hotten's Slang Dict. (rev. ed.) 171 Gag, a lie; ‘a gag he told to the beak’. 1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down Gag, a joke; a deception. 1885 Daily News 16 May 5/2 We need not gratify the Mahdi by believing any bazaar ‘gag’ he may circulate. < as lemmas |
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