noun
- A blank, expressionless face.
- A person, especially a performer, who has or assumes a blank expression.
adjective
Impassively matter-of-fact, as in style, behavior, or expression: deadpan delivery of the joke.
adverb
With a blank, expressionless face.
verb
dead·panned, dead·pan·ning, dead·pans verb
transitiveTo express in an impassive, matter-of-fact way.
verb
intransitiveTo express oneself in an impassive, matter-of-fact way.
Adjective (comparative more deadpan, superlative most deadpan)
- Deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look).
- Having such a face or look (as a person).
- Impassive (as behaviour or speech).
Noun (uncountable)
- A style of comedic delivery in which something humourous is said or done while not exhibiting a change in emotion or facial expression.
Verb (third-person singular simple present deadpans, present participle deadpanning, simple past and past participle deadpanned)
- To express (oneself) in an impassive or expressionless manner.
Origin dead + pan (“face”)
