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Definition of Pratfall
1. Noun. A fall onto your buttocks.
2. Noun. An embarrassing mistake.
Generic synonyms: Error, Fault, Mistake
Specialized synonyms: Bobble, Snafu, Spectacle, Bull, Fumble, Muff, Fluff, Faux Pas, Gaffe, Gaucherie, Slip, Solecism, Howler, Clanger, Misstep, Stumble, Trip, Trip-up
Derivative terms: Blunder, Botch, Botchy, Bungle, Bungle, Flub, Foul Up, Fuck Up
Definition of Pratfall
1. Noun. A fall onto the buttocks. ¹
2. Noun. A humiliating mistake. ¹
3. Noun. A staged trip or fall, often for comedic purposes. ¹
4. Verb. To fall on to the buttocks. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pratfall
1. a fall on the buttocks [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pratfall
Literary usage of Pratfall
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Common Pleas and by Great Britain Court of Common Pleas, Henry Blackstone, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber (1827)
"... et tie " consilium pratfall T. in causa prts- " dicta, in dejecta ipsius T.
habere " non potuit. To which the avow- " ant demurred in law. ..."
2. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"An occasional linguistic pratfall seems not to be too high a price to pay for a
richer vocabulary. A related phenomenon is the mixed metaphor, ..."
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