突っ込み

突っこみ、 突込み

Readings

Kana: つっこみ、ツッコミ

Romaji: tsukkomi, tsukkomi

Definitions

noun

1

penetration; digging into something

2

(in comedy) straight man; retort; quip

Note: word usually written using kana alone

See also: 惚け (reading ぼけ, entry #2)

3

sex; intercourse

Note: idiomatic expression

Kanji

突

Readings: トツ、 カ、 つ.く

Meanings: stab, protruding, thrust, pierce, prick, collision, sudden

込

Readings: -こ.む、 こ.む、 こ.み、 -こ.み、 こ.める

Meanings: crowded, mixture, in bulk, included, (kokuji)

Example Sentence

彼女(かのじょ)は何(なに)にでも首(くび)を突(つ)っ込(こ)みたがる。

➥She is curious about anything.