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deadpan

[ ded-pan ]

adjective

  1. marked by or accomplished with a careful pretense of seriousness or calm detachment; impassive or expressionless:

    deadpan humor.

  2. displaying no emotional or personal involvement:

    a deadpan style.



adverb

  1. in a deadpan manner:

    He spoke his lines utterly deadpan.

verb (used with or without object)

deadpanned, deadpanning.
  1. to behave or perform in a deadpan manner.

noun

  1. a face showing no expression.
  2. a style of comedy that relies on the comedian's maintaining such a face.

deadpan

/ 藞诲蓻诲藢辫忙苍 /

adjective

  1. with a deliberately emotionless face or manner

    deadpan humour

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • dead顎 pan顎卬er noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of deadpan1

An Americanism dating back to 1925鈥30; dead + pan 1 (in the slang sense 鈥渇ace鈥)
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鈥淚鈥檓 married to a saint 鈥 she鈥檚 wonderful and a great mom. And she leaves the light on,鈥 Forte deadpans.

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Her hilariously deadpan assessment of it all over the family meal the following night is a grumble: 鈥淚t鈥檚 stupid.鈥

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鈥淪o, I don鈥檛 recommend my services,鈥 she said, deadpanning.

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鈥淯ncharted territory,鈥 Roberts deadpanned of the team鈥檚 first loss.

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The actors "harvesting" spaghetti strands give committed performances, and the late Richard Dimbleby's deadpan narration lends an air of authenticity to the report.

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