pratfall

ˈprætˌfɔl

Definition

Definition of pratfall - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

comedy

Rare

fall onto the buttocks, often for comedy

Rare

The clown's pratfall made everyone laugh.

slip

spill

tumble

figurative

Rare

humiliating error or failure

Rare

His attempt to impress backfired, resulting in a pratfall..

blunder

fiasco

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Expressions with pratfall

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take a pratfall

fall in a funny way for comedy effect

The clown took a pratfall to make the audience laugh.

Origin of pratfall

English, prat (buttocks) + fall (fall)

Examples of pratfall in a sentence

She executed a pratfall that had the audience in stitches.
The CEO's speech was a pratfall that embarrassed the company.
Her pratfall during the presentation was hard to watch.

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French:culbute, fiasco, ...
German:Hinfall, Misserfolg, ...
Italian:caduta comica, errore umiliante, ...
Spanish:caída cómica, error humillante, ...
Portuguese:queda cómica, gafe, ...
Chinese:滑稽摔倒, 出丑, ...
Japanese:プラットフォール, 恥ずかしい失敗, ...
Arabic:سُقوط كوميدي, سَقطة مُحرِجة, ...
Hebrew:נְפִילָה עַל הַיַּשְׁבָן, כִּשָּׁלוֹן מַשְׁפִּיל, ...
Russian:падение на ягодицы, унизительная ошибка, ...
Ukrainian:падіння, провал, ...
Hindi:गिरावट, अपमानजनक गलती, ...
Bengali:পিছলে পড়া, বিপর্যয়, ...
Catalan:caiguda còmica, fracàs, ...
Czech:pád na zadek, trapas, ...
Danish:fald på halen, fiasko, ...
Dutch:val op de billen, vernederende fout, ...
Greek:πτώση, αποτυχία, ...
Hungarian:fenékre esés, égés, ...
Khmer:ការដួលអង្គុយគូទ, ការបរាជ័យដ៏គួរឱ្យអាម៉ាស់, ...
Korean:엉덩방아 찧기, 굴욕적인 실수, ...
Persian:افتادن, اشتباه تحقیرآمیز, ...
Polish:upadek komediowy, upokarzający błąd, ...
Portuguese (BR):queda cômica, gafe, ...
Romanian:căzătură comică, eroare umilitoare, ...
Swedish:pladask, fiasko, ...
Thai:ล้มก้นกระแทก, ความล้มเหลว, ...
Turkish:popo üstü düşüş, rezalet, ...
Vietnamese:ngã ngồi, thất bại, ...

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