Definition of Pratfall

1. Noun. A fall onto your buttocks.

Generic synonyms: Fall, Spill, Tumble

2. Noun. An embarrassing mistake.

Definition of Pratfall

1. Noun. A fall onto the buttocks. ¹

2. Noun. A humiliating mistake. ¹

3. Noun. A staged trip or fall, often for comedic purposes. ¹

4. Verb. To fall on to the buttocks. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pratfall

1. a fall on the buttocks [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pratfall

prasines
prasinophyte
prasinophytes
prasinous
prasoid
prasugrel
prat about
prat digger
prate
prated
prateful
prater
praters
prates
pratfall (current term)
pratfallen
pratfalling
pratfalls
pratfell
pratic
pratie
praties
pratincole
pratincoles
prating
pratingly
pratings
pratiques

Literary usage of Pratfall

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Common Pleas and by Great Britain Court of Common Pleas, Henry Blackstone, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber (1827)
"... et tie " consilium pratfall T. in causa prts- " dicta, in dejecta ipsius T. habere " non potuit. To which the avow- " ant demurred in law. ..."

2. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"An occasional linguistic pratfall seems not to be too high a price to pay for a richer vocabulary. A related phenomenon is the mixed metaphor, ..."

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