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| dead·pan [ déd pàn ] |
adjective |
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purposely impassive: deliberately expressing no emotion
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adverb |
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expressionless: without showing any expression or emotion
  delivered the line absolutely deadpan
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noun (plural dead·pans) |
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expressionless face or performer: an expressionless face, or a performer with an expressionless face
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transitive and intransitive verb (past and past participle dead·panned, present participle dead·pan·ning, 3rd person present singular dead·pans) |
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speak or act in deadpan manner: to speak or do something in a deliberately expressionless way
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| [Early 20th century. < U.S. slang pan "face"] |
