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Meaning of practical joke | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A playful trick done for amusement to the detriment of someone else.

Equivalents

Bosanski pila pila psina vragolija враголија псина

Čeština kanadský žert

Deutsch Possen Streich

Ελληνικά φάρσα

Esperanto petolo serĉo

Español broma pesada

Suomi elje jekku kepponen kolttonen konnankoukku kuje pila

Français facétie Farce traquenard

Galego chiste

Hrvatski pila pila psina vragolija враголија псина

Magyar borsot tör az orra alá csíny

Íslenska brek

日本語どっきり悪巫山戯悪戯

한국어 장난 짖굳은 장난

Kurdî kuje pila

Latina risus

Македонски мајтап

Nederlands practical joke

Polski figiel psikus

Português brincadeira pegadinha

Română farsă

Русский розыгрыш

Српски pila pila psina vragolija враголија псина

Svenska skämt spratt

Examples

“The class put a whoopee cushion on the teacher's chair as a practical joke.”

“This is a street of elegant stucco terraced houses, two of which (numbers 23 and 24) straddled the mouth of the canyon. [...] they were knocked down and replaced with fake houses [...]. So began 150 years of practical jokes, with coal merchants sending young apprentices to deliver coal to the façades, or letters addressed to Mr N. O. Body, 24 Leinster Gardens. (There is no letterbox).”

CEFR level

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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Meaning of practical joke | Babel Free

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