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slapstick
1. n. 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. n. 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.

Example Sentences

As unfortunate coincidences go, this one was beyond the ingenuity of even the most brazenly slapstick of comic writers.

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