Pratfall

Synonyms for "pratfall" (58 found)

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Closest matches (12)

Noun(4 words)

blunder bloomer blooper boner

bloomer blooper blunder bobble bonehead play boner boo boo boo-boo

Strong matches (17)

Noun(4 words)

boo-boo botch bungle clanger

boob stunt boot breakdown collapse comedown crash cropper culbute deflation dive downfall dumb trick fall

Related words (29)

faux pas flop fool mistake foozle forced landing foul up foul-up goof header howler louse-up muck up muck-up nose dive plunge screamer screw up screw-up smash spill

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sprawl stumble tailspin trip tumble

Noun(4 words)

flub foul-up fuckup howler

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

6 entries

error fall fault mistake spill tumble

Synonyms

1 entries

blunder

derived

3 entries

prat-fallen prat-falling pratfall effect

derived from

2 entries

fall prat

is a

1 entries

spill

related to

7 entries

buttocks comedic fall humiliating mistake staged trip

Translations

4 translations across 4 languages.

Bulgarian

1 entries

падане по задник noun (a fall onto the buttocks)

Galician

1 entries

cuada noun (a fall onto the buttocks)

Korean

1 entries

엉덩방아 noun (a fall onto the buttocks)

Russian

1 entries

паде́ние на зад noun (a fall onto the buttocks)

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The motivational speaker started with a pratfall so he could speak about the importance of getting back up.

Source: wiktionary

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