slapstick
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
slap + stick, the English translation of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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)
Categories:
- English compound terms
- English terms derived from Italian
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Comedy
- Finnish terms borrowed from English
- Finnish unadapted borrowings from English
- Finnish terms derived from English
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish terms spelled with C
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish uncountable nouns
- Spanish terms spelled with K
- Spanish masculine nouns