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slapstick

slap stick |ˈslapˌstik ˈslæpˌstɪk | noun comedy based on deliberately clumsy actions and humorously embarrassing events: [ as modifier ] : slapstick humor. a device consisting of two flexible pieces of wood joined together at one end, used by clowns and in pantomime to produce a loud slapping noise.

 

Oxford Dictionary

slapstick

slap |stick |ˈslapstɪk | noun 1 [ mass noun ] comedy based on deliberately clumsy actions and humorously embarrassing events: slapstick humour. 2 a device consisting of two flexible pieces of wood joined together at one end, used by clowns and in pantomime to produce a loud slapping noise.

 

Duden Dictionary

Slapstick

Slap stick Substantiv, maskulin , der |ˈslɛpstɪk ˈslæpstɪk |der Slapstick; Genitiv: des Slapsticks, Plural: die Slapsticks englisch slapstick, eigentlich = Pritsche 3 , zu: slap = Schlag und stick = Stock a Slapstickkomödie b derbkomische Einlage, grotesk-komischer Gag, wobei meist die Tücke des Objekts als Mittel eingesetzt wird

 

Slapstickkomödie

Slap stick ko die Substantiv, feminin , die hauptsächlich aus Slapsticks b bestehende [Film ]komödie

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

slapstick

sl p st ck 名詞 U ドタバタ喜劇 (slapstick comedy ); C 打ち棒 〘喜劇中で用いる2枚の板の付いた棒で, 大げさな音を立てるが痛くない 〙.