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  - slap shot
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slapstick

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
slapstick/ˈslapstɪk/

▶noun

1 comedy based on deliberately clumsy actions and humorously embarrassing events.

2 a device consisting of two flexible pieces of wood joined together at one end, used by clowns and in pantomime to produce a loud slapping noise.

'slapstick' also found in these Oxford entries:

custard pie - knockabout - pantomime

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