pratfall

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A fall onto the buttocks
A staged trip or fall, often for comedic purposes

The motivational speaker started with a pratfall so he could speak about the importance of getting back up.

A humiliating mistake
To fall on to the buttocks
A pratfall is a fall onto your bottom
If someone takes a pratfall, they make an embarrassing mistake. They're waiting for the poor little rich girl to take a pratfall
A fall on to the buttocks
{i} fall on the buttocks, fall on one's backside (Slang); embarrassing blunder
pratfalls
plural of pratfall
pratfall

    Hyphenation

    prat·fall

    Turkish pronunciation

    prätfôl

    Synonyms

    blunder, howler

    Pronunciation

    /ˈpratˌfôl/ /ˈprætˌfɔːl/

    Etymology

    [ 'prat-"fol ] (noun.) 1938. prat +‎ fall
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