deadpan
adverb
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Pronunciation: /ˈdɛdpæn/
adj
Etymology: From dead + pan (“face”).
- Deliberately impassive or expressionless.
“a deadpan face or look”
“deadpan behaviour or speech”
- Having such a face or look.
“The comedian remained deadpan.”
adv
Etymology: From dead + pan (“face”).
- In a deadpan manner.
“A city-hired consultant from a firm called Urban Futures was booed repeatedly by the agitated homeowners as he talked deadpan, in bureaucratese, about his firm's "evidentiary record" pointing to blight in the neighborhood.”
noun
Etymology: From dead + pan (“face”).
- A style of comedic delivery in which something humorous is said or done while not exhibiting a change in emotion or facial expression.
“MAREK: But really the deadpan is key. You can essentially trick people into laughing at nothing.”
verb
Etymology: From dead + pan (“face”).
- To express (something) in an impassive or expressionless manner.
“Kidd deadpanned it, stared glassily back at Maitland.”