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[ noun ] a humorous anecdote or remark
Used in print (Evan Esar, Humorous English; a guide to comic ,...)The `` wooden-leg '' gag of vaudeville , another standby of this sort , had endless variations . Another stock vaudeville gag ran : `` Mother is home sick in bed with the doctor '' . The double meaning in the anatomical made it a familiar vaudeville device , as in the gags of Weber and Fields . Apart from journalese and vaudeville gags , the anatomical is also found in jocular literature . |
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[ verb ] struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
Examples "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged" Related terms |
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