dead-pan

dead + pan

Other spellings

• deadpan

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ˈdɛdpæn/

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Adjective

Positive dead-pan

Comparative more dead-pan

Superlative most dead-pan

1. If a person's expression is dead-pan, they are impassive or expressionless on purpose.

Adverb

Positive dead-pan

Comparative more dead-pan

Superlative most dead-pan

1. If something is done dead-pan, it is done in a dead-pan manner.

Verb

Plain form dead-pan

Third-person singular dead-pans

Past tense dead-panned

Past participle dead-panned

Present participle dead-panning

1. If you dead-pan, you express yourself in an impassive or expressionless manner.

   I dead-panned it while having to say a speech in front of a large crowd.