different between slapstick vs knockabout

English

Alternative forms

• slap-stick

Etymology

slap +? stick, calque of Italian batacchio. The pair of sticks was used by the comic character Harlequin in the commedia dell'arte.

Noun

slapstick (countable and uncountable, plural slapsticks)

2. (uncountable) A style of humor focusing on physical comedy, such as slipping on a banana peel, and with foolish characters who get into humiliating situations.
3. (countable) A pair of sticks attached at one end and used to create a slapping sound effect, used especially in slapstick comedy; a type of clapper.

Synonyms

• physical comedy

Derived terms

• slapsticker
• slapstickery

Translations

Anagrams

• plasticks

Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English slapstick.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?slæpstik/, [?s?læps?t?ik]
• Syllabification: slap?stick

Noun

slapstick

1. slapstick (physical comedy)

Declension

Compounds

• slapstickelokuva
• slapstickkomedia

Spanish

Noun

slapstick m (uncountable)

1. slapstick

English

Etymology

knock +? about

Adjective

knockabout (not comparable)

1. Boisterous
2. Suitable for rough use.

   I have a knockabout cello for non-concert gigs.

Noun

knockabout (plural knockabouts)

1. (sailing) A small sailboat lacking a bowsprit, of a type found primarily in the Massachusetts area

   We sailed our knockabout around Cape Cod.

2. (entertainment) A slapstick comedy or comedian.
3. (circus) A tumbler.
4. Clothing suitable for rough use.
5. A worker habitually engaged in casual employment.
6. A person living in rough, violent conditions.