kidder

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Noun
  • For rule-followers like me, the prankster types were a nightmare.
    Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 7 June 2025
  • He was not intimidated by plebe hazing and was regarded as a prankster himself.
    Bill Swank, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • A lot of actors could have played him as a sardonic quipster.
    James Poniewozik, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Norman Gee makes a wry quipster as the fool Touchstone and doubles as Orlando’s aged and weary servant Adam, whose role is considerably cut back.
    Sam Hurwitt, The Mercury News, 10 July 2019
Noun
  • This time, the comedienne was asked back to comment on Newark’s airport safety, acting out a bit while on a JetBlue flight.
    Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 17 May 2025
  • Choi is a talented comedienne, so some of her too-drunk drama scenes are entertainingly funny, but at the same time her character’s self-destructive tendencies are also heartbreaking.
    Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • Martinez was looking at cutups Monday morning of 6-6, 20-year-old right-hander Travis Sykora, Washington’s third-round pick in 2023, who’s coming on, uh, quickly.
    David Aldridge, The Athletic, 27 Aug. 2024
  • Apparently all-in on Reynolds, Hollywood is now reasoning that his star power — some chemically adhesive combination of dashing leading man, comic-relief cutup, and lifestyle mogul — will prove irresistible regardless of the context.
    A.A. Dowd, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2024
Noun
  • Capaldi himself was a phenomenal Doctor, bringing that trademark blend of grizzled warrior and cosmic buffoon, but his episodes were a bit hit-and-miss.
    Richard Edwards, Space.com, 29 May 2025
  • Problematic to be sure, but also a very in-character move for an ignorant buffoon.
    Ben Rosenstock, Time, 6 May 2025
Noun
  • Also, this was not a good week for billionaires as a socialist Muslim won a long-shot victory in the NYC Democratic primary, partly on the promise to raise taxes among the highest income earners, and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos starred in a clown show wedding in Venice.
    Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 28 June 2025
  • Ayanna Pressley, another blow-in-drifter (from Chicago), pole vaulted from the City Council clown show to the U.S. House.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • Samsung has effectively announced the upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 7 already—three times, in fact—in three separate teasers that gave us several glimpses into what the new phone will be like.
    Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
  • In April 2025, a teaser trailer for The Naked Gun debuted at CinemaCon, an annual event for Hollywood studios and exhibitors.
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 16 June 2025
Noun
  • The band of jokesters will be providing more laughs Saturday night during the main event, the Big Slick Show at T-Mobile Center where the crew will be tickling more funny bones.
    Tammy Ljungblad, Kansas City Star, 31 May 2025
  • Zeev was always the jokester, the wild child, the one who had to keep his emotions in check.
    Joe Smith, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
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“Kidder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kidder. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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