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slapstick noun [ ˈslapstɪk ]

• comedy based on deliberately clumsy actions and humorously embarrassing events.
• "slapstick humour"
• 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 noise.
• "a loud and exhilarating rattle of bladders and slapsticks"


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