...her natural capacity for irony and deadpan humour...
She put the letter on the desk in front of me, her face deadpan, not a flicker of a smile.
English dictionary. 2008.
Deadpan — is a form of comic delivery in which humor is presented without a change in emotion or body language, usually speaking in a casual, monotone, solemn, blunt, disgusted or matter of fact voice and expressing an unflappably calm, archly insincere or … Wikipedia
deadpan — ☆ deadpan [ded′pan΄ ] n. 1. an expressionless face 2. a person, as an actor, who has or assumes such a face adj., adv. without expression or show of emotion; blank(ly) vt., vi. deadpanned, deadpanning to do or say (something) in a deadpan manner … English World dictionary
deadpan — index inexpressive, inscrutable Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
deadpan — 1928, from DEAD (Cf. dead) + PAN (Cf. pan) in slang sense of face … Etymology dictionary
deadpan — [adj] expressionless blank, impassive, nobody home*, poker faced, serious, stony, straight faced, unreadable, vacant, wooden; concept 406 … New thesaurus
deadpan — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ impassive or expressionless … English terms dictionary
deadpan — 1. n. <an expressionless face.> (See also pan.) □ This guy has a super deadpan. □ Remember the deadpan she used to put on? 2. n. a person with an expressionless face. □ The guy’s a perfect deadpan … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
deadpan — dead panner. /ded pan /, adj., adv., v., deadpanned, deadpanning, n. adj. 1. marked by or accomplished with a careful pretense of seriousness or calm detachment; impassive or expressionless: deadpan humor. 2. displaying no emotional or personal… … Universalium
deadpan — I. adjective Date: circa 1928 marked by an impassive matter of fact manner, style, or expression < a deadpan comedy > • deadpan adverb II. noun Date: circa 1930 1. a completely expressionless face 2. a deadpan manner of behavior or presentation … New Collegiate Dictionary
deadpan — 1. adjective /ˈdɛdpæn/ a) Deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look). b) Having such a face or look (as a person). Syn: poker faced … Wiktionary
