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prat·fall (pr

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1. A fall on the buttocks.

2. A humiliating error, failure, or defeat: "His characters not only survive their snarled problems and pratfalls but learn from their experiences" (Joyce Carol Oates).

pratfall [ˈprætˌfɔːl]

US and Canadian slang a fall upon one's buttocks

[from C16 prat buttocks (of unknown origin) + fall]

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Noun	1.	pratfall - a fall onto your buttocks fall, tumble, spill - a sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty spill on the ice"
	2.	pratfall - an embarrassing mistake blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, bloomer error, fault, mistake - 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, slip, solecism, gaucherie - a socially awkward or tactless act howler - a glaring blunder clanger - a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate; "he dropped a clanger" misstep, trip-up, stumble, trip - an unintentional but embarrassing blunder; "he recited the whole poem without a single trip"; "he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later"; "confusion caused his unfortunate misstep"

Translations

pratfall [ˈprætfɔːl] N (esp US) → culada f, caída f de culo (fig) (= blunder) → metedura f de pata

pratfall [ˈprætfɔːl] n (mainly US) to take a pratfall (= make a mistake) → trébucher

pratfall

n (esp US inf) → Sturz auf den Hintern (inf); (fig) → Bauchlandung f (fig); to take a pratfall (also fig) → auf den Hintern fallen

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Bloomer
blooper
bobble
boner
boo-boo
botch
bungle
clanger
error
faux pas
flub
foul-up
fuckup
gaffe
gaucherie
howler
misstep
muff
snafu

His biggest break came with the wildly successful children's program "The Soupy Sales Show," in which the actor delighted the nation's youngsters with wacky physical comedy, including his trademark gag of taking a pie in the face.

US comedian Soupy Sales dies at 83: media by AFP / AFP Global Edition

Ghostly goings-on mixed with physical comedy, groovy music and magical effects will keep audiences happily spooked.

See Scooby-Doo live; Time Off The family entertainment guide by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)

Ghostly goings-on and supernatural scenarios mixed with hilarious physical comedy, groovy music and magical effects will keep audiences happily spooked and on the edge of their seats.

Pieces of eight; ...the Great Dane prefers Scooby snacks by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)

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