Meaning

1 senses

  1. To express (something) in an impassive or expressionless manner.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. His humour is very deadpan.

    ruУ него очень сухой и невозмутимый юмор. — odexed

    deEr hat einen sehr trockenen Humor. — al_ex_an_der

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  2. Comedian Les Dawson was famous for his gravelly, deadpan delivery.

    deDer Komiker Les Dawson war für seine rauhstimmige, todernste Art der Darbietung bekannt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Origin

From dead + pan (“face”).

From dead + pan (“face”).

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Forms

deadpans, deadpanning, deadpanned, deadpanned
Base formdeadpan · to deadpan
3rd person singulardeadpans
Present participledeadpanning
Past simpledeadpanned
Past participledeadpanned

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydeadpan
he, she, itdeadpans

Past simpleLesson

all personsdeadpanned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave deadpanned
he, she, ithas deadpanned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill deadpan

Word family

1 related words
Deriveddeadpanner

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
deadlyB1deadnamedeafB1deafen
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