Associations to the word «Slapstick»
Noun
- Gag
- Farce
- Comedy
- Humour
- Humor
- Satire
- Pantomime
- Vaudeville
- Buster
- Parody
- Joke
- Comedian
- Blend
- Moe
- Movie
- Critic
- Film
- Chaplin
- Element
- Review
- Antic
- Style
- Drama
- Character
- Scene
- Larry
- Starring
- Avalanche
- Keystone
- Plot
- Skit
- Melodrama
- Show
- Routine
- Fine
- Howard
- Mack
- Actor
- Ska
- Stunt
- Sicily
- Monologue
- Funny
- Columbia
- Cartoon
- Star
- Pathos
- Sykes
- Variety
- Laurel
- Costello
- Pie
- Landing
- Hardy
- Picture
- Invasion
- Clown
- Genre
- Harmon
- Arte
- Marx
- Casualty
- Abbott
- Troupe
- Sitcom
- Italy
- Broadway
- Consensus
- Tramp
- Chase
- Operation
- Adventures
- Tomato
- Silent
- Fun
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Wiktionary
SLAPSTICK, noun. (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.
SLAPSTICK, noun. (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.
Dictionary definition
SLAPSTICK, noun. A boisterous comedy with chases and collisions and practical jokes.
SLAPSTICK, noun. Acoustic device consisting of two paddles hinged together; used by an actor to make a loud noise without inflicting injury when striking someone.
SLAPSTICK, adjective. Characterized by horseplay and physical action; "slapstick style of humor".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.