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dead-pan

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dead + pan

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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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

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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

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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.