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Noun: visual joke  vi-zhoo-ul jowk
  1. A joke whose effect is achieved by visual means rather than by speech (as in a movie)
    "The silent film relied heavily on visual jokes to entertain the audience";
    - sight gag

Derived forms: visual jokes

Type of: gag, jape, jest, joke, laugh