slapstick

Other forms of slapstick

plural

slapsticks·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about slapstick

What does slapstick mean?

slapstick means "a boisterous comedy with chases and collisions and practical jokes". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in slapstick?

slapstick has 2 syllables: slap-stick. The stress falls on "slap". In IPA it is /ˈslæpˌstɪk/.

Is slapstick a common word?

slapstick is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with slapstick?

10 words rhyme with slapstick. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.