slapstick
See also: Slapstick and slap-stick
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
slap + stick, calque of Italian batacchio. The pair of sticks was used by the comic character Harlequin in the commedia dell'arte.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun edit
slapstick (countable and uncountable, plural slapsticks)
- (uncountable) A style of humor focusing on physical comedy, such as slipping on a banana peel, and with foolish characters who get into humiliating situations.
- (countable) 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.
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
physical comedy
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pair of sticks
Anagrams edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English slapstick.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
slapstick
- slapstick (physical comedy)
Declension edit
Inflection of slapstick (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | slapstick | slapstickit | ||
genitive | slapstickin | slapstickien | ||
partitive | slapstickiä | slapstickejä | ||
illative | slapstickiin | slapstickeihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | slapstick | slapstickit | ||
accusative | nom. | slapstick | slapstickit | |
gen. | slapstickin | |||
genitive | slapstickin | slapstickien | ||
partitive | slapstickiä | slapstickejä | ||
inessive | slapstickissä | slapstickeissä | ||
elative | slapstickistä | slapstickeistä | ||
illative | slapstickiin | slapstickeihin | ||
adessive | slapstickillä | slapstickeillä | ||
ablative | slapstickiltä | slapstickeiltä | ||
allative | slapstickille | slapstickeille | ||
essive | slapstickinä | slapstickeinä | ||
translative | slapstickiksi | slapstickeiksi | ||
abessive | slapstickittä | slapstickeittä | ||
instructive | — | slapstickein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
compounds
Further reading edit
- “slapstick”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English slapstick.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
slapstick m inan
Declension edit
Declension of slapstick
singular | plural | |
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nominative | slapstick | slapsticki |
genitive | slapsticku | slapsticków |
dative | slapstickowi | slapstickom |
accusative | slapstick | slapsticki |
instrumental | slapstickiem | slapstickami |
locative | slapsticku | slapstickach |
vocative | slapsticku | slapsticki |
Derived terms edit
adjectives
Further reading edit
- slapstick in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish edit
Noun edit
slapstick m (uncountable)