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What does slapstick mean?

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Noun
  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.
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And those with an affinity for the silliness, slapstick, and tomfoolery of this sort of comedy will be turned off by the costumes.
He had to curb his use of slapstick and work on developing believable characters.
The chase scene, and her sped-up sprint through a backlot in hoop skirt and bloomers, are pure slapstick.
Are his lame slapstick antics intended to send us into convulsions of laughter?
These films consisted of a series of music hall acts and slapstick set pieces, loosely linked by very limited narratives.
The slapstick possibilities of a short-sighted furniture shifter must have seemed irresistible.

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