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Last good pratfall I did, I broke bones in both hands. I still feel it when people shake my hand.
Chevy Chase

Meaning of "pratfall" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PRATFALL

From C16 prat buttocks (of unknown origin) + fall.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PRATFALL

pratfall  [ˈprætˌfɔːl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PRATFALL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pratfall is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PRATFALL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Physical comedy

Physical comedy, whether conveyed by a pratfall, a silly face, or the action of walking into walls, is a common and rarely subtle form of comedy. It is a clownish exploitation of movement, the most primordial human medium of expression, which predates language and the introduction of verbal humour such as cultural tradition, erudition and word puns. Often sitcoms will incorporate such movements into the scenes but may not rely on it exclusively to forward the story. Often it will be used as comic relief especially during more serious or intimate scenes. Buster Keaton, The Three Stooges, Laurel and Hardy, Lucille Ball, Martin Short, Don Knotts, Jerry Lewis, Ken Berry, Chevy Chase, Dick van Dyke's character "Rob Petrie" on The Dick Van Dyke Show, Ensign Charles "Chuck" Parker on McHale's Navy, John Ritter's character "Jack Tripper" on Three's Company, Jim Carrey's character "The Mask", Michael Richards's character "Cosmo Kramer" on Seinfeld, Dustin Diamond's character "Samuel 'Screech' Powers" on Saved by the Bell, Bernadette Withers' character Ginger Farrell/Loomis/Mitchell on Bachelor Father, Jim Varney's character "Ernest P.

Definition of pratfall in the English dictionary

The definition of pratfall in the dictionary is a fall upon one's buttocks.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PRATFALL


ashfall
ˈæʃˌfɔːl
catfall
ˈkætˌfɔːl
deadfall
ˈdɛdˌfɔːl
downfall
ˈdaʊnˌfɔːl
evenfall
ˈiːvənˌfɔːl
footfall
ˈfʊtˌfɔːl
icefall
ˈaɪsˌfɔːl
infall
ˈɪnˌfɔːl
landfall
ˈlændˌfɔːl
nightfall
ˈnaɪtˌfɔːl
outfall
ˈaʊtˌfɔːl
overfall
ˈəʊvəˌfɔːl
pinfall
ˈpɪnˌfɔːl
pitfall
ˈpɪtˌfɔːl
rainfall
ˈreɪnˌfɔːl
shortfall
ˈʃɔːtˌfɔːl
snowfall
ˈsnəʊˌfɔːl
spatfall
ˈspætˌfɔːl
waterfall
ˈwɔːtəˌfɔːl
windfall
ˈwɪndˌfɔːl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PRATFALL

prase
praseodymium
prat
Pratchett
prate
prater
pratfallen
pratie
pratincole
pratingly
pratique
Prato
Prato in Toscana
pratt
prattle
prattlebox
prattlement
prattler
prattlingly

WORDS THAT END LIKE PRATFALL

acceleration of free fall
backfall
befall
bergfall
chainfall
crossfall
dewfall
fall
flag fall
free fall
jawfall
misfall
onfall
refall
ride for a fall
rock fall
take the fall

Synonyms and antonyms of pratfall in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pratfall» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PRATFALL

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The translations of pratfall from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pratfall» in English.

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Pratfall
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Pratfall
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pratfall
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Translator English - Afrikaans

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pratfall
10 millions of speakers
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pratfall
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pratfall

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PRATFALL»

The term «pratfall» is normally little used and occupies the 116.323 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PRATFALL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pratfall

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QUOTES WITH «PRATFALL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word pratfall.
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Chevy Chase
Last good pratfall I did, I broke bones in both hands. I still feel it when people shake my hand.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRATFALL»

Discover the use of pratfall in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pratfall and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Laurel & Hardy: A Bio-bibliography
In the reprint category are Eleanor Parker's October 1929 Playgoer magazine piece, "Two Prize Idiots," in a 1969 Pratfall (vol. 1, no. 3); Joseph Jefferson's ( Laurel's father) January 1932 Picturegoer Weekly article, "My Lad Laurel," in a 1970 ...
Wes D. Gehring, 1990
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Elliott Smith
joanna: I was telling Autumn before that Elliott got the whole pratfall thing from you. autumn: I've always been obsessed with Chevy Chase, and when I told Elliott that, he started showing off his pratfalls, you know, where he'd pretend to fall ...
Autumn de Wilde, 2007
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Redeeming Laughter: The Comic Dimension of Human Experience
The character of this epistemological reversal can be illustrated by looking at some of the primal experiences of the comic, the ones that psychologists have found even among very young children—the pratfall, the jack-in-the-box, and ...
Peter L. Berger, 1997
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The Self-concept: Theory and research on selected topics
The intuitive hypothesis for both studies was that the highly competent person would be more likeable if he committed a pratfall, since an extremely competent person might be perceived as "too good [and] non-human." Although in both ...
Ruth C. Wylie, 1979
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Supercomics
i CURLY: Why should you be Sergeant Pratfall? l want to be Sergeant Pratfall. MO: On wings of fire, with superhuman strength, coming to protect truth, justice and the hilarious way, it's Sergeant Pratfall. 5 CASEY: Mo! Get a grip. You have no ...
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Comedy: New Perspectives
A Pratfall Can Be a Beautiful Thing  if somebody laughs. In analyzing the aesthetics of the pratfall in My Wonderful World of Slapstick, Buster Keaton names three ingredients for comedy: pratfalls, custard pies, and laughter. It takes the same ...
Maurice Charney, 1978
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A Splurch in the Kisser: The Movies of Blake Edwards
The pratfall makes up the other half. ''Prat,'' an informal term for buttocks, means the word ''pratfall'' literally refers to a fall on one's backside. The anatomical specificity of the word is significant; falling on your face sounds shocking, falling on ...
Sam Wasson, 2010
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Breaking the Code of Silence: Prominent Leaders Reveal how ...
4 THE STRATEGIC PRATFALL EFFECT: WHAT JFK AND ANN LANDERS HAD IN COMMON Critical failures, with follow-up rebounds, strengthen a leader's credibility. In what is now known as the strategic-pratfall effect, psychologists have ...
Mitchell Kusy, Louellen Essex, 2005
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The Sound of Broadway Music: A Book of Orchestrators and ...
Then he did a pratfall, followed by a lot of very funny bits. When we viewed this for orchestration, Jerry said to me, “Let's not be obvious. Don't be vulgar. Play against the scene, be delicate,” and so on. He suggested a harp glissando when  ...
Steven Suskin, 2011
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Nothing Like a Dame: Conversations with the Great Women of ...
It was my favorite show. I was obsessed with Stephen Sondheim and I loved James Lapine. I was so excited. I was so people-pleasing at that point that when they gave me a pratfall, even though it terrified me, I was like, “I'm going to do this.
Eddie Shapiro, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRATFALL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pratfall is used in the context of the following news items.
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BWW Reviews: An Energetic, Enthusiastic El Grande CIRCUS de …
Just as a clown must know the correct techniques to pratfall or look ridiculous, best acts of this travelling CIRCUS hit their intended, targeted ... «Broadway World, Jul 15»
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Minions | MOVIE REVIEW
Five years on, these goggle-eyed yellow creatures take on the centre-stage in this origin-story flick with their gibberish blabber and their stock pratfall frolics to ... «The Indian Panorama, Jul 15»
3
Heatwave notebook
... on how best to communicate matters to the press and the public without looking stupid or setting themselves up for yet another pratfall. «Malta Independent Online, Jul 15»
4
Rockies can't slow down Reds' Hamilton or solve Cueto
BUTLER'S PRATFALL. Rockies pitcher Eddie Butler made the blooper reels when he stumbled and fell twice rounding third base before being ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
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Coming soon: Brussels blockbusters!
A 1990 British TV miniseries called “The Gravy Train” tried to combine pratfall comedy and John le Carré-esque intrigue in the tale of an ... «Politico, Jul 15»
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Mulcair and the magic of momentum
... politician, he long ago turned the page on any conventional notion of retail glad-handing, and will not willingly sustain any risk of a pratfall. «Saskatoon StarPhoenix, Jul 15»
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Five Things You Didn't Know About Trainwreck's Amy Schumer
She gets plenty of opportunities to prove her skill with a pratfall on Inside Amy Schumer, but she's also got dramatic chops, having studied ... «People Magazine, Jul 15»
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Is 'Sharknado' A Bad Movie?
The built-in risibility of “Sharknado” is the pratfall neutered by the comic announcing he is about to trip over an object. This is the true nature of ... «The Federalist, Jul 15»
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Ask 411 Wrestling: Who Can Main Event WrestleMania 32?
... 'get stuck', and he'd then take a pratfall into the ring corner. In order to do this, he needed a quick release trigger on the rope that held him up. «411mania.com, Jul 15»
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Can GIFs be considered legitimate art?
... quick reaction or speedy punchline - a snap-of-the-fingers from Ru Paul's Drag Race or a clipped pratfall from the latest YouTube sensation, ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»

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