punchinello

  • 101jester — Synonyms and related words: Columbine, Hanswurst, Harlequin, Pantalone, Pantaloon, Polichinelle, Pulcinella, Punch, Punchinello, Scaramouch, banana, buffo, buffoon, burlesquer, caricaturist, clown, comedian, comic, cutup, droll, epigrammatist,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 102motley — Synonyms and related words: Columbine, Hanswurst, Harlequin, Pantalone, Pantaloon, Polichinelle, Pulcinella, Punch, Punchinello, Scaramouch, amalgamated, ambiguous, ambivalent, amphibious, assorted, assortment, at odds, at variance, ballet skirt …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 103zany — Synonyms and related words: Columbine, Hanswurst, Harlequin, Pantalone, Pantaloon, Polichinelle, Pulcinella, Punch, Punchinello, Scaramouch, absurd, ament, amusing, ass, banana, born fool, buffo, buffoon, burlesquer, card, caricaturist, clown,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 104actor — I actor, actress (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. performer, player; tragedian, comedian, Thespian; playactor; doer, worker. See agent, drama. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A theatrical performer] Syn. player, performer, star, character,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 105clown — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. buffoon, comic, comedian, jester; boor, rustic (see populace). See drama, wit. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. buffoon, fool, mime, jester, mummer, joker, harlequin, merry andrew, Punch, punchinello, funnyman …

    English dictionary for students

  • 106drama — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Theater Nouns 1. drama; the drama, the stage, the theater, legitimate theater, street theater; show business, theatricals, theatrics, performance art; theater of the absurd, the mind, cruelty,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 107Punch — Punch1 〈[pʌ̣ntʃ] m.; Gen.: s, Pl.: s〉 1. Hanswurst im engl. Puppenspiel u. in der engl. Komödie des 18. Jh. 2. 〈unz.〉 Name eines 1841 von Ch. Dickens mitgegründeten engl. Witzblattes [Etym.: engl.; verkürzt <punchinello <ital. pulcino; →… …

    Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

  • 108punch — punch1 S3 [pʌntʃ] v [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(hit)¦ 2¦(make holes)¦ 3¦(push buttons)¦ 4 punch holes in somebody s argument/idea/plans etc 5 punch the air 6 punch somebody s lights out 7 punch the clock 8¦(cattle)¦ Phrasal verbs   …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 109Punch — 1Punch [pantʃ] der; s, s <aus gleichbed. engl. punch, weitere Herkunft ungeklärt>: a) Faustschlag, Boxhieb (von erheblicher Durchschlagskraft); b) Boxtraining am Punchingball (Boxen) Punch 2 2Punch [pantʃ] der; s, s <verkürzt aus… …

    Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • 110punch — English has three distinct words punch, not counting the capitalized character in the Punch and Judy show, but two of them are probably ultimately related. Punch ‘hit’ [14] originated as a variant of Middle English pounce ‘pierce, prod’. This… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins