leg-puller
Teller of fibs
A leg-puller is someone who teases or jokes with others, especially by telling outlandish stories with a straight face.
The term comes from the expression pull someone's leg, meaning to deceive playfully: Don't believe him—he's a notorious leg-puller.
Someone who plays tricks
jokester · comedian · wit · buffoon · clown · funster · quipster · banterer
One who deceives playfully
- deceiverOne who tricks others
- bamboozlerOne who deceives
- fibberOne who tells untruths
- yarn-spinnerOne who tells tales
bluffer · faker · storyteller · exaggerator · fabricator · misleader · hoodwinker · fooler
prankster
Someone who plays tricks
kidder · jokester · comedian · wit · buffoon · clown · funster · quipster · banterer · ribber
hoaxer
One who deceives playfully
- deceiverOne who tricks others
- bamboozlerOne who deceives
- fibberOne who tells untruths
yarn-spinner · bluffer · faker · storyteller · exaggerator · fabricator · misleader · hoodwinker · fooler · duper
teasing
Playful, mild ridicule
joshing · ragging · kidding · winding-up · spoofing · mockery · jesting · drollery · jocularity · facetiousness
leg-pullerstraight shooter
Forthright, blunt person
truth-teller · honest broker · straight talker · man of his word · literalist
leg-pullersobersides
Habitually serious person
straight man · stuffed shirt · stick-in-the-mud · killjoy · wet blanket
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