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
Kelly['keli]
Amaurya-mo-REEFrench
PhyllisFIL-is (English)Greek Mythology, English, German
PÁDraigÍNPAW-dri-geenIrish
HartmannHAHRT-mahnGerman
OpalineO-pə-leenEnglish (Rare)