Gag
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

4 letters

JEST
Activity characterized by good humor

JOKE
A ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement

QUIP
Witty remark

FRET
A small bar of metal across the fingerboard of a musical instrument; when the string is stopped by a finger at the metal bar it will produce a note of the desired pitch

JAPE
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"

RULE
(mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems; "he determined the upper bound with Descartes' rule of signs"; "he gave us a general formula for attacking polynomials"

5 letters

SIGHT
The act of looking or seeing or observing; "he tried to get a better view of it"; "his survey of the battlefield was limited"

PRANK
A ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement

CHOKE
A valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine

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"

HEAVE
Bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat; "The highway buckled during the heat wave"

RETCH
An involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting; "a bad case of the heaves"

6 letters

MUZZLE
Forward projecting part of the head of certain animals; includes the jaws and nose

STIFLE
Joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee

7 letters

SQUELCH
An electric circuit that cuts off a receiver when the signal becomes weaker than the noise

SILENCE
A refusal to speak when expected; "his silence about my contribution was surprising"

8 letters

STRANGLE
Prevent the progress or free movement of; "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries"

SILENCER
Short tube attached to the muzzle of a gun that deadens the sound of firing

9 letters

WISECRACK
Witty remark

SUFFOCATE
Feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air; "The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating"