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running gags

running gags is the plural of running gag.

Meaning of running gag

Noun

running gag (plural running gags)

  1. An ongoing joke, one that is regularly repeated or continued.
    • Some groaners are converted into running gags, as when Joel and his brother (Max Greenfield) get in a duel of parting, one-last-thing-before-you-go affirmations.2014 June 26, A. A. Dowd, “Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler Spoof Rom-com Clichés in They Came Together”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2017
    Synonyms:
    running joke

Questions about running gags

What is running gags the plural of?
Running gags is the plural of running gag.

Words near running gags in the dictionary

  1. running for one's life
  2. running for the exercise
  3. running for the hills
  4. running from the tongue
  5. running gag
  6. running gags
  7. running game
  8. running game on
  9. running games
  10. running gear
  11. running gears

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