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deadpans

deadpans is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 deadpans

What is deadpans the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Deadpans is the third-person singular simple present indicative of deadpan.

Words near deadpans in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: deadpans (page history and authors); deadpan (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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