突っ込み

つっこみ

Also written ツッコミ, 突っこみ, 突込み

Meanings

1. Noun thrust; charge; penetration
2. digging into (a matter); depth
3. straight man (of a comedy duo) See also: ぼけ. See also: 漫才 (まんざい).
4. quip; gibe; jab; dig; retort; riposte; comeback
5. putting everything together; including everything
6. (penetrative) sex; intercourse

Kanji

• 突 thrust. Read as つく.
• 込 into. Read as こみ.

Example sentences

• 算数の問題文って時々そんなシチュエーションないだろってツッコミたくなる。
  Sometimes, math problems have such improbable scenarios that I think to myself, "when would that ever happen?".

Common phrases

• ツッコミを入れる
• ツッコミをする
• ツッコミが入る
• 鋭いツッコミ
• ツッコミになる

Words containing 突っ込み

• 突っ込みどころ満載 (つっこみどころまんさい) full of things one could poke fun at

Word lists

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