slapstick
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
slap + stick, calque of Italian batacchio. The pair of sticks was used by the comic character Harlequin in the commedia dell'arte.
Noun
slapstick (countable and uncountable, plural slapsticks)
- (uncountable) 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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pair of sticks
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Anagrams
Finnish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English slapstick.
Pronunciation
Noun
slapstick
- slapstick (physical comedy)
Declension
Inflection of slapstick (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | slapstick | slapstickit | |
genitive | slapstickin | slapstickien | |
partitive | slapstickiä | slapstickejä | |
illative | slapstickiin | slapstickeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | slapstick | slapstickit | |
accusative | nom. | slapstick | slapstickit |
gen. | slapstickin | ||
genitive | slapstickin | slapstickien | |
partitive | slapstickiä | slapstickejä | |
inessive | slapstickissä | slapstickeissä | |
elative | slapstickistä | slapstickeistä | |
illative | slapstickiin | slapstickeihin | |
adessive | slapstickillä | slapstickeillä | |
ablative | slapstickiltä | slapstickeiltä | |
allative | slapstickille | slapstickeille | |
essive | slapstickinä | slapstickeinä | |
translative | slapstickiksi | slapstickeiksi | |
abessive | slapstickittä | slapstickeittä | |
instructive | — | slapstickein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Compounds
Spanish
Noun
slapstick m (uncountable)
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