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 Definitions of slapstick  [ˈslæpˌstɪk]  

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Definition of 'slapstick' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) slapstick
broad comedy characterized by violently boisterous action.

2.  slapstick
a stick or lath used by comic performers or characters for striking other persons, esp. a pair of laths that produce a loud noise without causing injury.

3. (adj.) slapstick
using, or marked by slapstick:
a slapstick routine.

Etymology:  (1895–1900, Amer.)

Definition of 'slapstick' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) slapstick
a boisterous comedy with chases and collisions and practical jokes

2. (adj) slapstick
acoustic device consisting of two paddles hinged together; used by an actor to make a loud noise without inflicting injury when striking someone

3. (adj) slapstick
characterized by horseplay and physical action
"slapstick style of humor"


Translation of 'slapstick' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a kind of humour which depends for its effect on very simple practical jokes etc
Throwing custard pies turns a play into slapstick; (

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: praktiese humor Arabic flag Arabic: هَزلِيّات تَعتَمِد على ال Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: фарс
Brazilian flag Brazilian: palhaçada Czech flag Czech: fraška; fraškovitý German flag German: der Klamauk
Danish flag Danish: falde-på-halen-komedie; l Greek flag Greek: φάρσα Spanish flag Spanish: bufonada, payasada
Estonian flag Estonian: jämekoomika, jämekoomilin Farsi flag Farsi: كمدي مسخره بازي Finnish flag Finnish: slapstick-huumori
French flag French: (de) grosse farce Hebrew flag Hebrew: קוֹמדיָה מְטוֹרֶפֶת Hindi flag Hindi: हंसी मजाक
Croatian flag Croatian: lakrdija, farsa Hungarian flag Hungarian: vígjáték (sok helyzetkomi Indonesian flag Indonesian: banyolan kasar
Icelandic flag Icelandic: ærslaleikur/-húmor Italian flag Italian: farsa; grossolano Japanese flag Japanese: どたばた喜劇
Korean flag Korean: 익살극 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: balaganas, farsas Latvian flag Latvian: balagāns; farss
Malay flag Malay: gurauan kasar Dutch flag Dutch: gooi-en-smijttoneel Norwegian flag Norwegian: bløtkakekomedie
Polish flag Polish: humor sytuacyjny Persian flag Persian: كمدي مسخره بازي Pashto flag Pashto: مسخره ګری
Portuguese flag Portuguese: palhaçada Romanian flag Romanian: comedie ief­tină Russian flag Russian: фарс, балаган
Slovak flag Slovak: fraška; fraškovitý Slovenian flag Slovenian: burleska; burkast Serbian flag Serbian: lakrdija
Swedish flag Swedish: buskis, filmfars, slapsti Thai flag Thai: เรื่องขบขันชนิดหนึ่ง Turkish flag Turkish: şaklabanlığa dayanan kome
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 鬧劇 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: грубий, дешевий фарс Urdu flag Urdu: عملی لطیفوں پر مبنی مزاق
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: trò vui nhộn Chinese flag Chinese: 闹剧

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