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gag line

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gag line
n.
A line, as in a comedy routine or speech, intended to provoke laughter.
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Noun1.gag line - the point of a joke or humorous story
punch line, tag line, laugh line
gag, jape, jest, joke, laugh - a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter; "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point"
line - text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen; "the letter consisted of three short lines"; "there are six lines in every stanza"


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