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sight gag

–noun
a comic effect produced by visual means rather than by spoken lines, as in a play or motion picture.

Origin:
1945–50
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sight gag  
n.  A comic bit or effect that depends on sight rather than words.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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