gag

bromidic gags in sitcoms.

A thermometer gages the temperature.

The robbers rammed the gag in her mouth.

there were gags, spoofs, and dumbshows.

the government is trying to gag its critics.

one of the most memorable gags in the history of vaudeville.

The fuel gages dropped swiftly.

They tied him up and put a gag on him.

a mixture of wit and instant visual gags

a non-stop comedian, cracking gags by the dozen

editorials accusing the government of wanting to gag the popular press.

The gang tied up the security guard and put a gag in his mouth.

There was this running gag about a penguin (= they kept telling penguin jokes).

Refusing the straightjacket of political totalitarianism only to put on the straightjaket of religious conservative totalitarianism merely changes the design of the gag not its effectiveness.

Oh, Popeye. You're smart like anything! -Watch this, butter muscles! Even I think it's impossible! That lamebrain will fall for this gag...

Far more importantly, however, it was also one of the sites of Willy Widdershins's exploding toilet gags that Arthur Weasley investigated for the Ministry of Magic (OP7).

Boiler's appurtenance: burners which will be suitable for the fuels of the boilers, water treatment devices, pumps, blowers, de-oxygenization devices, heaters, safety devices, water gages;

It's the ball gag. I thought you wanted it.

All four of them had been gagged.

We do not recycle ball gags.

It was one of the better budget gags.

We didn't know if it was a gag.

A negative test result would be a normal gag reflex.

" Remove her gag." The power essentially allows its practitioners to mentally dominate most individuals.

Lawyers are under gag order and not talking.

" Er—my—nee—no! " shouted Ron through his gag.

He frowned. " What is this? A gag? "