[slap-stik] 
| 1. | broad comedy characterized by boisterous action, as the throwing of pies in actors' faces, mugging, and obvious farcical situations and jokes. |
| 2. | a stick or lath used by harlequins, clowns, etc., as in pantomime, for striking other performers, esp. a combination of laths that make a loud, clapping noise without hurting the person struck. |
| 3. | using, or marked by the use of, broad farce and horseplay: a slapstick motion picture. |
| slap·stick (slāp'stĭk') n.
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