straight man



straight man

someone who sets up jokes or gags so that someone else can say the punch line. I need a straight man to set up all my jokes. I'm tired of being a straight man for a has-been comic.
See also: man, straight

straight man

n. someone who sets up jokes or gags so that someone else can say the punch line. I’m tired of being a straight man for a has-been comic.
See also: man, straight

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
GisaGEE-zahGerman
Terezie-Czech
&Thorn;ÓRfastr-Ancient Scandinavian
Donatianus-Late Roman
Nalani-Hawaiian
GnaeusGNIE-uws (Ancient Roman), NIE-əs (English)Ancient Roman