Definition of deadpan

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dead·pan    (ddpn) KEY  

NOUN:

1. A blank, expressionless face.
2. A person, especially a performer, who has or assumes a blank expression.

ADJECTIVE:

Impassively matter-of-fact, as in style, behavior, or expression: deadpan delivery of the joke.

ADVERB:

With a blank, expressionless face.

VERB:
dead·panned , dead·pan·ning , dead·pans
VERB:
tr.

To express in an impassive, matter-of-fact way.

VERB:
intr.

To express oneself in an impassive, matter-of-fact way.

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