deadpan
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈdɛdpæn/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
[edit]deadpan (comparative more deadpan, superlative most deadpan)
- Deliberately impassive or expressionless.
- Having such a face or look.
- The comedian remained deadpan.
Synonyms
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[edit]deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)
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having such a face or look (as a person)
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impassive (as behaviour or speech)
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Adverb
[edit]deadpan (comparative more deadpan, superlative most deadpan)
- In a deadpan manner.
- 2004, Steven Greenhut, Abuse of Power: How the Government Misuses Eminent Domain[1], page 46:
- A city-hired consultant from a firm called Urban Futures was booed repeatedly by the agitated homeowners as he talked deadpan, in bureaucratese, about his firm's "evidentiary record" pointing to blight in the neighborhood.
Translations
[edit]in a deadpan manner
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Noun
[edit]deadpan (uncountable)
- A style of comedic delivery in which something humorous is said or done while not exhibiting a change in emotion or facial expression.
- 2007, Meredith Gran, Octopus Pie #71: Deadpan[2]:
- MAREK: But really the deadpan is key. You can essentially trick people into laughing at nothing.
Synonyms
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[edit]style of comedy
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Verb
[edit]deadpan (third-person singular simple present deadpans, present participle deadpanning, simple past and past participle deadpanned)
- To express (oneself) in an impassive or expressionless manner.
- 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 496:
- Kidd deadpanned it, stared glassily back at Maitland.
Derived terms
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[edit]express in an expressionless manner
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