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Definition of practical joke in English: practical jokenoun A trick played on someone in order to make them look foolish and to amuse others. Example sentencesExamples - That's the origin of our annual day of pranks and practical jokes.
- Known for enjoying practical jokes, she was one of few women in the camp, and she had the respect of everyone.
- She wanted to believe it was simply one of their housemates playing a practical joke, a haunted house trick.
- Adolescent humor shines in the gag, the prank and the practical joke.
- With their real selves hidden from view, clowns can manage to play the silliest of practical jokes upon each other, without causing offence to anyone.
- I heard that Bob used to play a lot of practical jokes while on the movie set, and I was wondering if she had any fond memories.
- Perhaps, it dawns on our fraternal protagonists, you really shouldn't mess about with practical jokes on the airwaves.
- The youngsters portray the rivalry between two groups and the way a third group defuses situations with practical jokes and comedy.
- The build-up has the atmosphere of a phoney war as the rivals perfect the various practical jokes and wind-ups that will help unsettle their enemy's preparations.
- So I've cut down on my practical jokes to people who I really don't like.
- Sometimes his colleagues, with their love of practical jokes, haven't been so helpful.
- He said his friend was notorious for playing practical jokes.
- Knowing that the end is near, he and his gang let loose with a torrent of pranks and practical jokes designed to drive the association and the local cops crazy.
- I got to thinking about other, specifically rural pranks and practical jokes and could not come up with all that many…
- Made in America, the show features a group of men who perform bizarre stunts and practical jokes which often involve damaging and setting fire to things.
- He would tell awful, horrendous jokes and he would play practical jokes on people.
- As you can well imagine, the practical jokes were relentless and wicked, and if you didn't have a sense of humour you didn't survive.
- There was only one thing that my two brothers could ever specialize in, and that was in pranks and practical jokes.
- The prank was part of a British TV show that plays practical jokes on celebrities.
- For most children, the night has always been about practical jokes.
Synonyms trick, joke, prank, jape, hoax informal leg-pull North American informal dido Australian informal goak dated cutup, rag archaic quiz
Derivatives noun Either that, or we have more than our fair share of practical jokers. Example sentencesExamples - ‘He is a laugh a minute and we are both practical jokers so we got on immediately,’ she said.
- Lizzie, on the other hand, born after two practical jokers, was a practical joker herself.
- Knowing him to be a practical joker who often pretended to be asleep and then spring on her, she braced herself for the ‘surprise.’
- He was a really friendly guy, a real practical joker.
Definition of practical joke in US English: practical jokenounˈpraktəkəl jōkˈpræktəkəl dʒoʊk A trick played on someone in order to make them look foolish and to amuse others. Example sentencesExamples - The prank was part of a British TV show that plays practical jokes on celebrities.
- I heard that Bob used to play a lot of practical jokes while on the movie set, and I was wondering if she had any fond memories.
- He would tell awful, horrendous jokes and he would play practical jokes on people.
- She wanted to believe it was simply one of their housemates playing a practical joke, a haunted house trick.
- Known for enjoying practical jokes, she was one of few women in the camp, and she had the respect of everyone.
- So I've cut down on my practical jokes to people who I really don't like.
- There was only one thing that my two brothers could ever specialize in, and that was in pranks and practical jokes.
- That's the origin of our annual day of pranks and practical jokes.
- Adolescent humor shines in the gag, the prank and the practical joke.
- Sometimes his colleagues, with their love of practical jokes, haven't been so helpful.
- The build-up has the atmosphere of a phoney war as the rivals perfect the various practical jokes and wind-ups that will help unsettle their enemy's preparations.
- As you can well imagine, the practical jokes were relentless and wicked, and if you didn't have a sense of humour you didn't survive.
- Perhaps, it dawns on our fraternal protagonists, you really shouldn't mess about with practical jokes on the airwaves.
- I got to thinking about other, specifically rural pranks and practical jokes and could not come up with all that many…
- He said his friend was notorious for playing practical jokes.
- Made in America, the show features a group of men who perform bizarre stunts and practical jokes which often involve damaging and setting fire to things.
- The youngsters portray the rivalry between two groups and the way a third group defuses situations with practical jokes and comedy.
- For most children, the night has always been about practical jokes.
- With their real selves hidden from view, clowns can manage to play the silliest of practical jokes upon each other, without causing offence to anyone.
- Knowing that the end is near, he and his gang let loose with a torrent of pranks and practical jokes designed to drive the association and the local cops crazy.
Synonyms trick, joke, prank, jape, hoax
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