slapstick

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (uncountable) 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.

Sinonieme

farce

clumpy

crass

horseplay

noise

noisy

rank

whip

buffoonery

farce comedy

Vertalings

bufonada

güldürü

gürültülü

şakacı

geräuschvoll

Klamauk

polternd

Pritsche

Situationskomik

mit Höllenlärm

Slapstick

χονδροειδής

التمثيلية الهزلية

bruit

bruyant

Etimologie (Engels)

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