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We found 3 definitions of pratfalls from 2 different sources.
NounPlural: pratfalls |
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pratfall - a fall onto your buttocks | ||
pratfall - an embarrassing mistake | ||
blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo | ||
mistake, error, fault a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults" | ||
bobble the momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball; "the second baseman made a bobble but still had time to throw the runner out" | ||
snafu an acronym often used by soldiers in World War II: situation normal all fucked up | ||
spectacle a blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase `make a spectacle of' yourself | ||
bull a serious and ludicrous blunder; "he made a bad bull of the assignment" | ||
fumble, muff (sports) dropping the ball | ||
fluff a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines) | ||
faux pas, gaffe, solecism, gaucherie, slip a socially awkward or tactless act | ||
howler a glaring blunder | ||
clanger a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate; "he dropped a clanger" |