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
Amatus-Late Roman
Ashok-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Nepali
GloryGLAWR-eeEnglish (Rare)
PoncioPON-thyo (Spanish), PON-syo (Latin American Spanish)Spanish
HampusHAHM-pusSwedish
Jameson['dʒeimsn]