Pratfall

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A fall on the buttocks.
  • n. A humiliating error, failure, or defeat: "His characters not only survive their snarled problems and pratfalls but learn from their experiences” ( Joyce Carol Oates).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A fall onto the buttocks.
  • n. A humiliating mistake.
  • n. A staged trip or fall, often for comedic purposes.
  • v. To fall on to the buttocks.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a fall onto your buttocks
  • n. an embarrassing mistake
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    fall    tumble    spill   
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    howler    blunder   
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