slapstick
English
Alternative forms
- slap stick
Etymology
slap + stick, the English translation of Italian batacchio. The pair of sticks was used by the comic character Harlequin in the commedia dell'arte.
Noun
slapstick (countable and uncountable, plural slapsticks)
- (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.
- (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.
Synonyms
- physical comedy
Derived terms
Translations
physical comedy
Finnish
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: slap‧stick
- IPA(key): /ˈslæpstik/, [ˈs̠læps̠t̪ik]
Declension
| Inflection of slapstick (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | slapstick | slapstickit | |
| genitive | slapstickin | slapstickien | |
| partitive | slapstickiä | slapstickejä | |
| illative | slapstickiin | slapstickeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | slapstick | slapstickit | |
| accusative | nom. | slapstick | slapstickit |
| gen. | slapstickin | ||
| genitive | slapstickin | slapstickien | |
| partitive | slapstickiä | slapstickejä | |
| inessive | slapstickissä | slapstickeissä | |
| elative | slapstickistä | slapstickeistä | |
| illative | slapstickiin | slapstickeihin | |
| adessive | slapstickillä | slapstickeillä | |
| ablative | slapstickiltä | slapstickeiltä | |
| allative | slapstickille | slapstickeille | |
| essive | slapstickinä | slapstickeinä | |
| translative | slapstickiksi | slapstickeiksi | |
| instructive | — | slapstickein | |
| abessive | slapstickittä | slapstickeittä | |
| comitative | — | slapstickeineen | |
Spanish
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