deadpan
deadpan definition
☆ dead·pan (ded′pan′)
noun
- an expressionless face
- 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
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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