deadpan

[ ded-pan ]

/ ˈdɛdˌpæn /

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adjective

marked by or accomplished with a careful pretense of seriousness or calm detachment; impassive or expressionless: deadpan humor.

displaying no emotional or personal involvement: a deadpan style.

adverb

in a deadpan manner: He spoke his lines utterly deadpan.

verb (used with or without object), dead·panned, dead·pan·ning.

to behave or perform in a deadpan manner.

noun Also dead pan .

a face showing no expression.

a style of comedy that relies on the comedian's maintaining such a face.

Origin of deadpan

An Americanism dating back to 1925–30; dead + pan¹ (in the slang sense “face”)

historical usage of deadpan

Deadpan is an Americanism from the 1920s. Around that time, pan was emerging as a slang term meaning “the face,” probably due to a similarity in shape to a frying pan. When your face is deadpan, it's expressionless, as if you were dead.

OTHER WORDS FROM deadpan

dead panner, noun

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Example sentences from the Web for deadpan

He then waited a beat and deadpanned: “Yes I am an admirer of Lenin.”
The Bolshevik Who Thinks ‘The Nation’ Is Too Left Wing|Eli Lake|October 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“Well, it's a fantastic example of where trickle-down doesn't work,” Gates deadpanned.
Bill Gates Talks Toilets, Polio Efforts at CGI|Nina Strochlic|September 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Asked if there were anything she thought she would wear from the collection, Walters deadpanned: “Not the wedding gown!”
Oscar de la Renta Spring/Summer 2014: A Love Letter to Women|Isabel Wilkinson|September 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST
No wonder Obama deadpanned at the dinner that Romney “asked if he could get some equal time on The Merv Griffin Show.”
Pouncing on Presidential Coolness|Howard Kurtz|April 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST

“I had some time to think about it,” deadpanned CBS anchor Scott Pelley.
Rick Perry’s Respectable Debate Rebound|Eleanor Clift|November 13, 2011|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for deadpan

deadpan

/ (ˈdɛdˌpæn) /

adjective, adverb

with a deliberately emotionless face or mannerdeadpan humour

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	deadpan
释义	deadpan [ ded-pan ] / ˈdɛdˌpæn / SEE SYNONYMS FOR deadpan ON THESAURUS.COM adjective marked by or accomplished with a careful pretense of seriousness or calm detachment; impassive or expressionless: deadpan humor. displaying no emotional or personal involvement: a deadpan style. adverb in a deadpan manner: He spoke his lines utterly deadpan. verb (used with or without object), dead·panned, dead·pan·ning. to behave or perform in a deadpan manner. noun Also dead pan . a face showing no expression. a style of comedy that relies on the comedian's maintaining such a face. Origin of deadpan An Americanism dating back to 1925–30; dead + pan¹ (in the slang sense “face”) historical usage of deadpan Deadpan is an Americanism from the 1920s. Around that time, pan was emerging as a slang term meaning “the face,” probably due to a similarity in shape to a frying pan. When your face is deadpan, it's expressionless, as if you were dead. OTHER WORDS FROM deadpan dead panner, noun Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for deadpan He then waited a beat and deadpanned: “Yes I am an admirer of Lenin.” The Bolshevik Who Thinks ‘The Nation’ Is Too Left Wing\|Eli Lake\|October 26, 2014\|DAILY BEAST “Well, it's a fantastic example of where trickle-down doesn't work,” Gates deadpanned. Bill Gates Talks Toilets, Polio Efforts at CGI\|Nina Strochlic\|September 25, 2013\|DAILY BEAST Asked if there were anything she thought she would wear from the collection, Walters deadpanned: “Not the wedding gown!” Oscar de la Renta Spring/Summer 2014: A Love Letter to Women\|Isabel Wilkinson\|September 11, 2013\|DAILY BEAST No wonder Obama deadpanned at the dinner that Romney “asked if he could get some equal time on The Merv Griffin Show.” Pouncing on Presidential Coolness\|Howard Kurtz\|April 30, 2012\|DAILY BEAST “I had some time to think about it,” deadpanned CBS anchor Scott Pelley. Rick Perry’s Respectable Debate Rebound\|Eleanor Clift\|November 13, 2011\|DAILY BEAST British Dictionary definitions for deadpan deadpan / (ˈdɛdˌpæn) / adjective, adverb with a deliberately emotionless face or mannerdeadpan humour Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to deadpan impassive, stony, blank, serious, unreadable, vacant, wooden, nobody home, poker-faced, straight-faced
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deadpan

adjective

adverb

verb (used with or without object), dead·panned, dead·pan·ning.

noun Also dead pan .

Origin of deadpan

historical usage of deadpan

OTHER WORDS FROM deadpan

Example sentences from the Web for deadpan

British Dictionary definitions for deadpan

adjective, adverb

Words related to deadpan