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deadpan(dictionary)

deadpan (iou)



deadpan adjective, noun, adverb, & verb. Also (esp. as noun) dead pan. E20.
[from DEAD adjective + PAN noun1.]
A. adjective. Expressionless, impassive, unemotional; detached, impersonal. E20.
I. Baird Matt's eyes lost their cold deadpan look. Listener The Baron's marvellously deadpan tall tales.
b. noun. (A person with) a deadpan expression; a deadpan demeanour or style. M20.
C. adverb. With a deadpan face; in a deadpan manner. M20.
D. verb trans. & intrans. Infl. -nn-. Speak, perform, behave, etc., with a deadpan face or in a deadpan manner. M20.