Gag
Gag noun - Something said or done to cause laughter.
Sketch
Sketch noun - A picture using lines to represent the chief features of an object or scene.
How words are described
| old | old gag | old sketch |
| particular | particular gag | particular sketch |
| similar | similar gag | similar sketch |
| brief | brief gag | brief sketch |
| Other adjectives: short, regular, original, single, popular, small, actual, entire, quick, opening, memorable, famous, early, final, funny, classic, ending, occasional, recurring, extended, comic, one-off. | ||
Common collocations
| plan | gag plan | sketch plan |
Both words in one sentence
- The Only Sane Man in the sketch can't understand why the gag never gets old to any of the other characters.
Source: Overused Running Gag - Another running gag was to end a sketch by having a policeman come in to arrest someone.
Source: Overused Running Gag -
Fishing for Sole: Spoofed in a sketch with a visual gag of a clown sitting by the pond boasting to another fisherman that he caught a really big shoe the day before.
Source: Series / The Sketch Show
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