<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>Broad comedy characterized by boisterous action, as the throwing of pies in actors' faces, mugging, and obvious farcical situations and jokes.</li><li>A stick or lath used by harlequins, clowns, etc., as in pantomime, for striking other performers, especially a combination of laths that make a loud, clapping noise without hurting the person struck.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective:</strong></p><ul><li>Using, or marked by the use of, broad farce and horseplay: a slapstick motion picture.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>