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slapstick
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noun
- an implement made of two flat pieces of wood that slap together loudly when hit against something: sometimes used by clowns to strike others with loud, harmless slaps
- crude comedy in which the humor depends upon violent activity, horseplay, etc.
adjective
characterized by such comedy
See slapstick in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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