deadpan
3 ENTRIES FOUND:
Britannica Dictionary definition of DEADPAN
[more deadpan; most deadpan]
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showing no feeling or emotion
— used to describe humor that is done or said in a serious way
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deadpan humor
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a deadpan comedian
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the deadpan delivery of his jokes
— deadpan
adverb-
“We're not interested,” she said deadpan.
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deadpan
/ˈdɛdˌpæn/
noun
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deadpan
/ˈdɛdˌpæn/
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of DEADPAN
[noncount]
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a way of saying funny things without showing any feeling or emotion
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He tells the joke in his best deadpan.
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She's a master of deadpan.
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the art of deadpan
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deadpan
/ˈdɛdˌpæn/
verb
deadpans;
deadpanned;
deadpanning
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deadpan
/ˈdɛdˌpæn/
verb
deadpans;
deadpanned;
deadpanning
Britannica Dictionary definition of DEADPAN
[+ object]
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to say (something funny) in a way that shows no feeling or emotion
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“I went back to doing push-ups again, and this time I almost completed one,” he deadpanned.
