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Definition of: slapstick
(slap′stik′) noun
1. A flexible, double paddle formerly used in farces and pantomimes to make a loud report when an actor was struck with it.
2. The use of this apparatus, or the type of rough comedy in which it is used.
—adjective Using or suggestive of the slapstick: slapstick comedy.
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