slapstick
slapstick noun: a style of humor focusing on physical comedy, such as slipping on a banana peel, and with foolish characters who get into humiliating situations.
Noun
slapstick (countable and uncountable, plural slapsticks)
- A style of humor focusing on physical comedy, such as slipping on a banana peel, and with foolish characters who get into humiliating situations.
- A pair of sticks attached at one end and used to create a slapping sound effect, used especially in slapstick comedy; a type of clapper.
slapstick meaning in Tamil
slapstick in Tamil
- சூத்திரக்கோல்
Synonyms of slapstick
Forms of slapstick
| plural | slapsticks |
|---|---|
| alternative form | slap-stick |
Origin of slapstick
From slap + stick, calque of Italian batacchio. The pair of sticks was used by the comic character Harlequin in the commedia dell'arte.
Words formed from slapstick
Questions about slapstick
- What does slapstick mean?
- Slapstick means a style of humor focusing on physical comedy, such as slipping on a banana peel, and with foolish characters who get into humiliating situations.
- What is slapstick in Tamil?
- Slapstick in Tamil is சூத்திரக்கோல். See Slapstick meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is slapstick?
- Slapstick is a noun.
- What is the plural of slapstick?
- The plural of slapstick is slapsticks.
Words near slapstick in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: slapstick (page history and authors); slapstick (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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