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a) physical comedy, e.g. slipping on a banana peel, exaggeratedly losing balance, walking into walls etc.b) a pair of sticks tied together at one end and used to create a slapping sound effect for (1)
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Slapstick — Slapstick, eigentlich slapstick comedy [ˈslæpstɪkˌkɒmədi], bzw. Situationskomik[1] ist ein Filmgenre und eine spezielle Form der Komödie. Bezeichnend für den Slapstick ist durch körperbezogene Aktion hervorgerufene Komik, die ohne Worte auskommt … Deutsch Wikipedia
Slapstick — is a type of comedy involving exaggerated physical violence or activities which exceed the boundaries of common sense, such as a character being hit in the face with a heavy frying pan or running into a brick wall. These hyperbolic depictions are … Wikipedia
Slapstick — Sm Burleske per. Wortschatz fach. (20. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus ne. slapstick, eigentlich Pritsche , einer Zusammensetzung aus ne. slap schlagen (zu ne. slap Schlag , aus ndd. slapp; schlaff) und ne. stick Stock (aus ae. sticca; Stecken).… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
slapstick — SLÁPSTICK s.n. (Anglicism) Specie de comedie cinematografică, bazată pe gaguri vizuale. [pron. slep stic. / < engl. slapstick]. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DN … Dicționar Român
slapstick — farcical physical comedy, horseplay, 1926, from slapstick (1896) a device consisting of two sticks fastened together so as to slap loudly when a clown or actor hits somebody with it, or to make a sound effect offstage; from SLAP (Cf. slap) and… … Etymology dictionary
slapstick — [slapstik] n. m. ÉTYM. Mil. XXe; mot angl. des États Unis, employé au music hall et au cirque, passé au cinéma avec les films de Mack Sennett. ❖ ♦ Anglic. Techn. (cinéma). Succession de gags de nature mécanique et purement physique (tartes à la… … Encyclopédie Universelle
slapstick — DEFINICIJA v. slepstik … Hrvatski jezični portal
slapstick — ► NOUN 1) comedy based on deliberately clumsy actions and humorously embarrassing events. 2) a device consisting of two flexible pieces of wood joined together at one end, used by clowns and in pantomime to produce a loud slapping sound … English terms dictionary
slapstick — ☆ slapstick [slapstik΄ ] n. 1. an implement made of two flat pieces of wood that slap together loudly when hit against something: sometimes used by clowns to strike others with loud, harmless slaps 2. crude comedy in which the humor depends upon… … English World dictionary
slapstick — /slap stik /, n. 1. broad comedy characterized by boisterous action, as the throwing of pies in actors faces, mugging, and obvious farcical situations and jokes. 2. a stick or lath used by harlequins, clowns, etc., as in pantomime, for striking… … Universalium
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