— 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 involvement: a deadpan style.
adv.
3. in a deadpan manner: He spoke his lines utterly deadpan.
v.i. , v.t.
4. to behave or perform in a deadpan manner.
n. Also, dead pan .
5. a face showing no expression.
6. a style of comedy that relies on the comedian's maintaining such a face.
[ 1925-30, Amer.; DEAD + PAN 1 ]