Usually means: Expressionless delivery of humor, irony.
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  1. deadpan: Merriam-Webster
  2. deadpan: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. deadpan: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. deadpan: Collins English Dictionary
  5. deadpan: Vocabulary.com
  6. Deadpan, deadpan: Wordnik
  7. deadpan: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. deadpan: Wiktionary
  9. deadpan: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. deadpan: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. deadpan: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. deadpan: Dictionary.com
  13. deadpan: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. deadpan: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Deadpan: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. deadpan: Rhymezone
  17. deadpan: FreeDictionary.org
  18. deadpan: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. Deadpan: The Word Detective
  20. deadpan: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. deadpan: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. deadpan, deadpan, deadpan, deadpan: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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adjective:  Deliberately impassive or expressionless.
adjective:  Having such a face or look.
adverb:  In a deadpan manner.
noun:  A style of comedic delivery in which something humorous is said or done while not exhibiting a change in emotion or facial expression.
verb:  To express (oneself) in an impassive or expressionless manner.

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