gagsmith

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/ˈɡæɡ.smɪθ/

noun

A comedy writer.

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Meanings

noungagsmith (plural gagsmiths)

plural gagsmiths

  1. informalA comedy writer.

    A Night at the Opera remains the Marx brothers' finest film, a serendipitous sample of the professional gagsmith's craft allied to preordained characters […]

    2002 June 28, Simon Louvish, “Simply the best”, in The Guardian

Origin

From gag + smith.

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APA

gagsmith. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gagsmith

MLA

“gagsmith.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gagsmith. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gagsmith,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gagsmith.

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