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deadpanning

deadpanning is the present participle and gerund of deadpan.

Meaning of deadpan

Verb

deadpan (third-person singular simple present deadpans, present participle deadpanning, simple past and past participle deadpanned)

  1. To express (something) in an impassive or expressionless manner.
    • Kidd deadpanned it, stared glassily back at Maitland.2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 496

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Questions about deadpanning

What is deadpanning the present participle and gerund of?
Deadpanning is the present participle and gerund of deadpan.

Words near deadpanning in the dictionary

  1. deadpan
  2. deadpanned
  3. deadpanner
  4. deadpanners
  5. deadpanness
  6. deadpanning
  7. deadpans
  8. deadpool
  9. deadpooled
  10. deadpooling
  11. deadpools

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