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
Agiss['ægis]
Dzhokhar-Chechen
JelleYEL-lə (Dutch)Frisian, Dutch
CornÉLio-Portuguese
Zhelyazko-Bulgarian
Rosemonde-French