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slapstickslap‧stick /ˈslæpˌstɪk/ noun [uncountable]  slapstickOrigin: 1900-2000 slapstick ‘two joined sticks used in the theater for making slapping sounds’ (19-20 centuries) - And I don't think slapstick is funny.
- Except for very basic slapstick, humour travels uncertainly. 4.
- Fate seemed determined to translate his dramatic mission into slapstick.
- He is playful, too, managing the difficult manoeuvre of translating wit into sound without resorting to slapstick.
- Much of the comedy is slapstick and loaded with black slang.
- Repetitive slapstick, it has the charm of earliest documentary film.
- She appropriated slapstick and hyperbole to the delicious purpose of lampooning the fathead who made her life miserable.
- That's why nuclear war is so frightening - like slapstick.
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