gagger

/ˈɡæɡər/
noun
  1. A person who tells jokes or makes people laugh, especially as a performer or writer.
    • The comedian was known as a great gagger who could make any audience laugh.
    • The old gagger told jokes at the family dinner until everyone was in tears.
    • As a gagger, she wrote funny lines for television shows.
  2. A device or object used to silence someone or something, often by being placed in the mouth.
    • In the movie, the spy removed the gagger from the guard's mouth.
    • The kidnapper used a cloth gagger to keep the victim quiet.
    • The dentist used a small rubber gagger to keep the patient's mouth open.
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