comic
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2.5
- noun
- /ˈkɑːmɪk/
- No, I went to L.A. to become a comic, Mom.
- become a comic
- African comic
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Watch on YouTubeAnd I think the great thing about being a comic is we're brilliant with failure.
- And I think the great thing about being a comic is we're brilliant with failure.
- But when I came up as a comic, I mean, it was like the cardinal sin.
- That is a comic who is trying to ease a psychic pain.
- And then you're faced with, who am I on stage as a comic?
- But when you're on stage as a stand up comic, your mind is nowhere but that stage.
- Because the rule of being a comic is the first time it happens.
- Oh, yeah, it's a dog who's an insult comic would have done Borscht Belt.
- I'd rather be just a piece of shit comic that I am that's doing OK.
- The A physical comic has certain things Durante's nose don't don't.
- And then I want the one the Mount Rushmore comic view, man Def Comedy Jam.
Examples
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I performed once back when I did Last Comic Standing.
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And aren't you gonna be the next big stand-up comic?
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And I think the great thing about being a comic is we're brilliant with failure.
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Look, man, every comic dies on stage, okay?
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But when I came up as a comic, I mean, it was like the cardinal sin.
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Great young comic.
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You're the comic relief.
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You're a comic.
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Because he's a comic.
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The comic made everyone laugh with his hilarious jokes during the show.
Synonyms
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1.0
A performer who wears bright clothes and makes people laugh
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1.7
A person who makes people laugh by telling jokes or acting
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7.0
A woman who makes people laugh on stage or television
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5.0
A person who makes people laugh by telling funny stories or jokes
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3.7
A man who makes people laugh by telling jokes or acting in a silly way
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3.2
A person who tells jokes alone on stage to an audience
Compounds
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1.4
A magazine with pictures and words that tell stories, often about superheroes or adventures
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Etymology
Comic originally named a performer in a comedy, a person who acted to make an audience laugh, and it kept that meaning. That's why a comic today is a person whose job is to tell jokes or funny stories.