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
Raina-Bulgarian
Arsenioahr-SE-nyo (Spanish, Italian)Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Annetta[ə'netə]
TeÀRlach-Scottish
EglĖ-Lithuanian
Lysandros-Ancient Greek