Definition of "deadpanning" []

• Present participle of deadpan. (verb)

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• "Chico -- originally pronounced "Chick-O," as in "chick chaser"-- played the piano brilliantly, effortlessly and hilariously when he wasn't busy deadpanning such lines as "I wasn't kissing her, I was whispering in her mouth.""
• "But even as Coughlin walked with a noticeable limp Monday, and said his morning runs will have to be curtailed, he joked about it his condition too, deadpanning that Ware was "no longer with the team" and laughing at the idea he'd bother with an MRI."
• "Fellow Boston College alum Chris Snee seemingly took it in stride Friday, deadpanning first that he didn't sleep all night and then saying, "No one cares what B.J. had to say.""