"pratfall" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pratfalls [plural]
Etymology: 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: 47 5 4 44 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 10 18 36 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 31 18 22 30 Disambiguation of 'a fall onto the buttocks': 96 0 3
  2. A humiliating mistake. Synonyms (a humiliating mistake): blunder, howler
    Sense id: en-pratfall-en-noun-enTfHDXi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 10 18 36 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 31 18 22 30 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, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 10 18 36 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 31 18 22 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: prat-fall, pratt-fall

Verb

Forms: pratfalls [present, singular, third-person], pratfalling [participle, present], pratfell [past], pratfallen [participle, past]
Etymology: 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: 47 5 4 44 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 10 18 36 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 31 18 22 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: prat-fall, pratt-fall

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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