gag noun
1 piece of cloth
VERB + GAG put on They tied him up and put a gag on him. | take off
2 joke
ADJ. good, great | sight, visual a mixture of wit and instant visual gags | running There was this running gag about a penguin (= they kept telling penguin jokes).
VERB + GAG crack a non-stop comedian, cracking gags by the dozen
PREP. ~ about