slapstick

  1. Noun.  (uncountable) physical comedy, e.g. slipping on a banana peel, exaggeratedly losing balance, walking into walls etc.
  2. Noun.  (countable) a pair of sticks tied together at one end and used to create a slapping sound effect for (1).

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