sight gag

sight gag

n. A comic bit or effect that depends on sight rather than words.

sight′ gag`

n. a comic effect produced by visual means rather than by spoken lines, as in a motion picture. [1945–50]

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sight gag - a joke whose effect is achieved by visual means rather than by speech (as in a movie)visual jokegag, jape, jest, joke, laugh - a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter; "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point"