slap·stick / ˈslapˌstik/ • n. comedy based on deliberately clumsy actions and humorously embarrassing events: [as adj.] slapstick humor. ∎  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 comedy based on deliberately clumsy actions and humorously embarrassing events; 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.