Definition of pratfalls Pratfalls

/pɹæˈtfɔˌlz/ -

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  • pratfalls (Noun)
    Plural of pratfall.

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Noun

Plural: pratfalls

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"
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