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deadpan definition

☆ dead·pan (ded′pan′)

noun

  1. an expressionless face
  2. a person, as an actor, who has or assumes such a face

adjective, adverb

without expression or show of emotion; blank(ly)

transitive verb, intransitive verb deadpanned -·panned′, deadpanning -·pan′·ning

to do or say (something) in a deadpan manner

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