slapstickn.

Forms: Also slap-stick.

Etymology: < slap v.¹ + stick n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈslapstick.

Originally U.S.

1. Two flat pieces of wood joined together at one end, used to produce a loud slapping noise; spec. such a device used in pantomime and low comedy to make a great noise with the pretence of dealing a heavy blow (see also quot. 1950).

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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sharp or hard sound > [noun] > clap or clop > device for

claptrap1847

slapstick1896

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > theatrical equipment or accessories > [noun] > props > types of

stock-gold1713

profile stage property1854

slapstick1896

custard pie1915

practical1952

tickling stick1969

1896 N.Y. Dramatic News 4 July 9/3 What a relief, truly, from the slap-sticks, rough-and-tumble comedy couples abounding in the variety ranks.

1907 Weekly Budget 19 Oct. 1/2 The special officer in the gallery, armed with a ‘slap-stick’, the customary weapon in American theatre galleries, made himself very officious amongst the small boys.

1925 M. W. Disher Clowns & Pantomimes 13 What has caused the playgoers' sudden callousness? The slapstick. Towards the end of the seventeenth century Arlequin had introduced into England the double-lath of castigation, which made the maximum amount of noise with the minimum of injury.

1937 M. Covarrubias Island of Bali iv. 77 Life-size scarecrows are erected, but soon the birds become familiar with them... Then watchmen circulate among the fields beating bamboo drums and cracking loud bamboo slap~sticks.

1950 Sun (Baltimore) 10 Apr. 3/1 The 50-year-old clown..said that when he bent over another funnyman accidentally hit him with the wrong side of a slap-stick. He explained that a slap-stick contains a blank ·38-caliber cartridge on one side to make a bang.

a. attributive passing into adj. Of or pertaining to a slapstick; of or reminiscent of knockabout comedy.

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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performance of jester or comedian > [adjective]

take-off1758

slapstick1906

custard pie1917

1906 N.Y. Evening Post 25 Oct. 10 It required all the untiring efforts of an industrious ‘slap-stick’ coterie..to keep the enthusiasm up to a respectable degree.

1911 L. J. Vance Cynthia 270 The way I have to stand for all the slapstick work in this turn.

1914 Photoplay Sept. 91 (heading) Making slap-stick comedy.

1919 T. K. Holmes Man from Tall Timber viii. 94 It was a musical show—one of those girl and slap-stick affairs which could never by any possibility satisfy a cultivated audience.

1923 Weekly Disp. 4 Mar. 9 He likes good comedies..but thinks the slapstick ones ridiculous.

1925 Chambers's Jrnl. 124/2 French slapstick affairs, dealing with the amusing pranks of children.

1927 Sunday Express 1 May 11/7 I did slapstick comedy and emotional drama.

1928 Daily Sketch 7 Aug. 4/3 The jokes..are rapier-like in their keenness, not the usual rolling-pin or slapstick form of humour.

a1935 W. Holtby South Riding (1936) iv. v. 258 She took a one-and-threepenny ticket, sat in comfort, and watched a Mickey Mouse film, a slapstick comedy, and the tragedy of Greta Garbo acting Mata Hari.

1944 Newsweek 14 Aug. 76/3 Slapstick actors like Tin Tan..who gets comic effects with pocho patter.

1962 A. Nisbett Technique Sound Studio x. 173 Decidedly unobvious effects, such as the cork-and-resin ‘creak’ or the hinged slapstick ‘whip’.

1977 R. L. Wolff Gains & Losses ii. iv. 296 The prevailing tone of the book is highly satirical, with strong overtones of slapstick farce.

b. absol. Knockabout comedy or humour, farce, horseplay.

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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performance of jester or comedian > [noun]

jocularya1500

fooling?1545

clownage1590

buffoonizing1611

tomfoolery1812

clownery1821

tomfooling1823

clowning1861

jazzbo1914

slapstick1926

1926 Amer. Speech 1 437/2 Slap-stick, low comedy in its simplest form. Named from the double paddles formerly used by circus clowns to beat each other.

1930 Publishers' Weekly 25 Jan. 420/2 The slapstick of 1929 was often exciting. The Joan Lowell episode was regarded as exposing the gullibility of the critics... The popularity of ‘The Specialist’ made the whole book business look cockeyed.

1955 Times 6 June 9/1 A comic parson (Mr. Noel Howlett) is added for good measure, mainly to play on the piano while other people crawl under it. Even on the level of slapstick the farce seemed to keep in motion with some difficulty and raised but moderate laughter.

1967 M. Kenyon Whole Hog xxv. 253 A contest which had promised..to be short and cruel, had become slapstick.

1976 Oxf. Compan. Film 640/1 As it developed in the decade 1910–20..slapstick depended on frenzied, often disorganized, motion that increased in tempo as visual gags proliferated.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	slapstick
释义	slapstickn. Forms: Also slap-stick. Etymology: < slap v.¹ + stick n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈslapstick. Originally U.S. 1. Two flat pieces of wood joined together at one end, used to produce a loud slapping noise; spec. such a device used in pantomime and low comedy to make a great noise with the pretence of dealing a heavy blow (see also quot. 1950). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sharp or hard sound > [noun] > clap or clop > device for claptrap1847 slapstick1896 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > theatrical equipment or accessories > [noun] > props > types of stock-gold1713 profile stage property1854 slapstick1896 custard pie1915 practical1952 tickling stick1969 1896 N.Y. Dramatic News 4 July 9/3 What a relief, truly, from the slap-sticks, rough-and-tumble comedy couples abounding in the variety ranks. 1907 Weekly Budget 19 Oct. 1/2 The special officer in the gallery, armed with a ‘slap-stick’, the customary weapon in American theatre galleries, made himself very officious amongst the small boys. 1925 M. W. Disher Clowns & Pantomimes 13 What has caused the playgoers' sudden callousness? The slapstick. Towards the end of the seventeenth century Arlequin had introduced into England the double-lath of castigation, which made the maximum amount of noise with the minimum of injury. 1937 M. Covarrubias Island of Bali iv. 77 Life-size scarecrows are erected, but soon the birds become familiar with them... Then watchmen circulate among the fields beating bamboo drums and cracking loud bamboo slap~sticks. 1950 Sun (Baltimore) 10 Apr. 3/1 The 50-year-old clown..said that when he bent over another funnyman accidentally hit him with the wrong side of a slap-stick. He explained that a slap-stick contains a blank ·38-caliber cartridge on one side to make a bang. 2. a. attributive passing into adj. Of or pertaining to a slapstick; of or reminiscent of knockabout comedy. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performance of jester or comedian > [adjective] take-off1758 slapstick1906 custard pie1917 1906 N.Y. Evening Post 25 Oct. 10 It required all the untiring efforts of an industrious ‘slap-stick’ coterie..to keep the enthusiasm up to a respectable degree. 1911 L. J. Vance Cynthia 270 The way I have to stand for all the slapstick work in this turn. 1914 Photoplay Sept. 91 (heading) Making slap-stick comedy. 1919 T. K. Holmes Man from Tall Timber viii. 94 It was a musical show—one of those girl and slap-stick affairs which could never by any possibility satisfy a cultivated audience. 1923 Weekly Disp. 4 Mar. 9 He likes good comedies..but thinks the slapstick ones ridiculous. 1925 Chambers's Jrnl. 124/2 French slapstick affairs, dealing with the amusing pranks of children. 1927 Sunday Express 1 May 11/7 I did slapstick comedy and emotional drama. 1928 Daily Sketch 7 Aug. 4/3 The jokes..are rapier-like in their keenness, not the usual rolling-pin or slapstick form of humour. a1935 W. Holtby South Riding (1936) iv. v. 258 She took a one-and-threepenny ticket, sat in comfort, and watched a Mickey Mouse film, a slapstick comedy, and the tragedy of Greta Garbo acting Mata Hari. 1944 Newsweek 14 Aug. 76/3 Slapstick actors like Tin Tan..who gets comic effects with pocho patter. 1962 A. Nisbett Technique Sound Studio x. 173 Decidedly unobvious effects, such as the cork-and-resin ‘creak’ or the hinged slapstick ‘whip’. 1977 R. L. Wolff Gains & Losses ii. iv. 296 The prevailing tone of the book is highly satirical, with strong overtones of slapstick farce. b. absol. Knockabout comedy or humour, farce, horseplay. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performance of jester or comedian > [noun] jocularya1500 fooling?1545 clownage1590 buffoonizing1611 tomfoolery1812 clownery1821 tomfooling1823 clowning1861 jazzbo1914 slapstick1926 1926 Amer. Speech 1 437/2 Slap-stick, low comedy in its simplest form. Named from the double paddles formerly used by circus clowns to beat each other. 1930 Publishers' Weekly 25 Jan. 420/2 The slapstick of 1929 was often exciting. The Joan Lowell episode was regarded as exposing the gullibility of the critics... The popularity of ‘The Specialist’ made the whole book business look cockeyed. 1955 Times 6 June 9/1 A comic parson (Mr. Noel Howlett) is added for good measure, mainly to play on the piano while other people crawl under it. Even on the level of slapstick the farce seemed to keep in motion with some difficulty and raised but moderate laughter. 1967 M. Kenyon Whole Hog xxv. 253 A contest which had promised..to be short and cruel, had become slapstick. 1976 Oxf. Compan. Film 640/1 As it developed in the decade 1910–20..slapstick depended on frenzied, often disorganized, motion that increased in tempo as visual gags proliferated. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1896
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