Definitions for pratfalls

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pratfalls prat·fall

Spelling: [prat-fawl]

IPA: /ˈprætˌfɔl/

Pratfalls is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 285 anagrams from letters in pratfalls (aafllprst).

Definitions for pratfalls

noun

1. a fall in which one lands on the buttocks, often regarded as comical or humiliating.
2. a humiliating blunder or defeat.

Origin of pratfalls

First recorded in 1935-40; prat + fall

Examples for pratfalls

History rewards reverent earnestness, while the jokes and pratfalls and wit are often lost in translation.

Occasionally, Hince has struggled with the pratfalls of being engaged to one of the most famous women on the planet.

She fearlessly embraces everything, from sight gags to pratfalls.