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slapstick
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See also: Slapstick and slap-stick
English
Alternative forms
- slap-stick
Etymology
From slap + stick, calque of Italian batacchio. The pair of sticks was used by the comic character Harlequin in the commedia dell'arte.
Pronunciation
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
slapstick (countable and uncountable, plural slapsticks)
- (uncountable, comedy) A style of humor focusing on physical comedy, such as slipping on a banana peel, and with foolish characters who get into humiliating situations.
- (countable) 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.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
physical comedy
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Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
slapstick
- slapstick (physical comedy)
Declension
Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “slapstick”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023
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Polish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
slapstick m inan
Declension
Declension of slapstick
Derived terms
adjectives
- slapstickowy
- slapstikowy
Further reading
- slapstick in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish
Etymology
Noun
slapstick m (uncountable)
Usage notes
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
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