Clues for the word "DROLL"
We've had 64 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 138 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on March 28, 2026.
Definition of droll
- superl. - Queer, and fitted to provoke laughter; ludicrous from oddity; amusing and strange.
- n. - One whose practice it is to raise mirth by odd tricks; a jester; a buffoon; a merry-andrew.
- n. - Something exhibited to raise mirth or sport, as a puppet, a farce, and the like.
- v. i. - To jest; to play the buffoon.
- v. t. - To lead or influence by jest or trick; to banter or jest; to cajole.
- v. t. - To make a jest of; to set in a comical light.
Referring Clues
- Like St. Nick's "little mouth," in "The Night Before Christmas"
- Whimsically humorous
- Waggish
- Facetious
- Dryly amusing
- À la Nash
- Whimsical
- Not laugh-out-loud funny, perhaps
- Oddly amusing
- Like a wag
- Wry
- Whimsically amusing
- Whimsically comical
- Whimsically funny
- Humorous
- Dryly witty
- Dryly humorous
- Amusing
- Wry sense of humor
- Amusing
- Comical
- Whimsically witty
- Amusingly odd
- Wryly amusing
- Like wags
- Deadpan
- Dryly funny
- Quaintly amusing
- Oddly funny
- Like Ogden Nash's verse
- Witty
- Drily funny
- Wry and dry
- Like some humor
- Daughter on cycle is funny
- Democrat joining revolutionary movement - that's odd
- Nobleman about fifty-odd
- Amusing the eccentric lord Lucan, initially
- Oddly comical
- Laughable
- Drily amusing
- Amusing, comical
- What's right inside a child's toy? It's amusing, in a strange way
- Amusing puppet round end of pier
- Funny turn after onset of dizziness
- Amusing nobleman turning up with line
- Run into toy - that's funny!
- Amusing nobleman turning left
- Comic
- Funny, quaint
- Funny
- Amusingly unusual
- Oddly humorous
- Dry, like Nash's humor
- Wryly humorous
- Doctor on round longs to be amusing
- Funny feature of bread rolls
- Full of wry humor
- Like Dorothy Parker's humor
- Like some "Monty Python" humor
- Wryly comical
- "His ___ little mouth was drawn up like a bow" (line from "A Visit From St. Nicholas")
- *Risky endeavor, idiomatically
- Like some humor that's more likely to elicit a chuckle than a guffaw
Last Seen In
- New York Times - March 28, 2026
- Daily American - March 17, 2026
- New York Times - March 07, 2026
- Daily Quick - January 11, 2026
- Mirror Mini - December 03, 2025
- New York Times - October 16, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 07, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 12, 2025
- LA Times - August 03, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - June 09, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - March 13, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - September 25, 2024
- Daily American - August 22, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - May 31, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - May 23, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - May 21, 2024
- Daily Quick - May 07, 2024
- Daily American - March 16, 2024
- Daily Quick - January 11, 2024
- New York Times - July 01, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - May 05, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 01, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - March 08, 2023
- New York Times - February 05, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - January 25, 2023
- USA Today - January 05, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - December 27, 2022
- Evening Standard Quick - October 06, 2022
- Daily Cryptic - September 25, 2022
- Evening Standard Quick - September 21, 2022
- And in 108 more crossword puzzles...