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slapstick definition

☆ slap·stick (-stik′)

noun

  1. 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
  2. crude comedy in which the humor depends upon violent activity, horseplay, etc.

adjective

characterized by such comedy

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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