sight gag

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word sight gag. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word sight gag, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say sight gag in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word sight gag you have here. The definition of the word sight gag will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofsight gag, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

Noun

sight gag (plural sight gags)

  1. (film, television, stage performance) A visually presented action or device which causes a humorous response without requiring any accompanying commentary or other speech.
    • 1947 October 31, Gene Handsaker, “Hollywood Sights and Sounds: Bob Hope”, in Prescott Evening Courier, retrieved 1 October 2012, page 2:
      Dragged suddenly before a formal dinner honoring the women's dean of Toledo University, he wowed his audience with a sight gag—he kissed the guest of honor.
    • 1969 June 28, “Cinema: Happy End”, in Time:
      In the good old ricky-tick days when movie directors wore riding breeches, a favorite cinematic sight gag was to reverse the film, which suddenly sent the actors waddling backwards through doors that closed behind them, putting their hats on instead of taking them off, and shoveling food out of their mouths instead of in.
    • 2005 March 10, Virginia Heffernan, “TV Review: The Hollow Men—Four Well-Groomed Britons, Trying Hard to Be Naughty Boys”, in New York Times, retrieved 1 October 2012:
      In the opening sight gag, a guy in leisure wear shows up at his office only to find everyone in S&M clothes.
    • 2008 October, Paul Scott, “Was the Prozac revolution all in our heads?”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 8, →ISSN, page 146:
      As he uttered these words, a PowerPoint image of Dr. Möller's face morphed into that of a smiling Pope Benedict. The sight gag had the psychiatrists roaring.

References

  • “sight gag”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia