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Slapstick
Slapstick
slap·stick
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Definition/Meaning
(noun)
a form of comedy/humor which involves physical actions such as hitting people or being clumsy (e.g. falling down) and embarrassing situations;
e.g. The movie is a slapstick comedy about three young men.
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Clownish
Comedic
Comedy
Comic
Comical
Diverting
Droll
Entertaining
Facetious
Farce
Farcical
Flip
Flippant
Foolery
Funny
Gleeful
Hijinks
Hilarious
Horseplay
Humor
Humorous
Hysteric
Hysterical
Irony
Jocose
Jocular
Jocund
Jokey
Jolly
Jovial
Killing
Knockabout
Laughable
Ludicrous
Merry
Monkeyshine
Pert
Playful
Priceless
Rich
Ridiculous
Riotous
Risible
Roughhouse
Screaming
Shenanigan
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Skit
Squib
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Tomfoolery
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Waggish
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Grave
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Lachrymose
Lame
Moving
No-nonsense
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Sedate
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Severe
Sober
Sobersided
Solemn
Somber
Tearful
Touching
Tragic
Unfunny
Unsmiling
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Hysteric
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Killing
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Ludicrous
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Parody
Pasquinade
Persiflage
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Screaming
Send-up
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Spoof
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