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別の表記

• slap-stick

語源

From slap +‎ stick, calque of Italian batacchio. The pair of sticks was used by the comic character Harlequin in the commedia dell'arte.

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名詞

slapstick (countable and uncountable, plural slapsticks)

1. (uncountable, comedy) A style of humor focusing on physical comedy, such as slipping on a banana peel, and with foolish characters who get into humiliating situations.
2. (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.

同意語

• physical comedy

派生語

アナグラム

• plasticks