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Meaning of slapstick

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

slapstick

noun

Definitions

  1. A style of humor focusing on physical comedy, such as slipping on a banana peel, and with foolish characters who get into humiliating situations.

  2. A pair of sticks attached at one end and used to create a slapping sound effect, used especially in slapstick comedy; a type of clapper.