"pratfall" meaning in All languages combined

See pratfall on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-pratfall.wav Forms: pratfalls [plural]
Etymology: From prat + fall. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|prat|fall}} prat + fall Head templates: {{en-noun}} pratfall (plural pratfalls)
  1. A fall onto the buttocks. Categories (topical): Buttocks Translations (a fall onto the buttocks): падане по задник (padane po zadnik) [neuter] (Bulgarian), cuada [feminine] (Galician), 엉덩방아 (eongdeongbang'a) (Korean), паде́ние на зад (padénije na zad) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-pratfall-en-noun-xdMi8JHx Disambiguation of Buttocks: 49 0 0 50 Disambiguation of 'a fall onto the buttocks': 97 0 3
  2. A humiliating mistake. Synonyms (a humiliating mistake): blunder, howler
    Sense id: en-pratfall-en-noun-enTfHDXi Disambiguation of 'a humiliating mistake': 0 99 1
  3. A staged trip or fall, often for comedic purposes.
    Sense id: en-pratfall-en-noun-i2XOtmXo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 28 52 14 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 19 51 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 21 55 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 11 72 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 8 29 50 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 9 19 57 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 9 19 57 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 5 14 63 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: prat-fall, pratt-fall Derived forms: pratfall effect

Verb [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-pratfall.wav Forms: pratfalls [present, singular, third-person], pratfalling [participle, present], pratfell [past], pratfallen [participle, past]
Etymology: From prat + fall. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|prat|fall}} prat + fall Head templates: {{en-verb|pratfalls|pratfalling|pratfell|pratfallen}} pratfall (third-person singular simple present pratfalls, present participle pratfalling, simple past pratfell, past participle pratfallen)
  1. To fall on to the buttocks. Categories (topical): Buttocks Derived forms: prat-fallen, prat-falling
    Sense id: en-pratfall-en-verb-2uQmhGiq Disambiguation of Buttocks: 49 0 0 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: prat-fall, pratt-fall

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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