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Meanings of pratfall in English

Portuguese
fiasco
Catalan
bunyol
Spanish
disparate

An embarrassing mistake.

fiasco
Usage of pratfall in English
1
At this point you might expect a self-deprecating tale of my pratfall.
Independent.ie
2
Pretending to get knocked off balance, Sleep took a pratfall onto the concrete.
In the hat: a novel of suspense
3
And what's a Blake Edwards party without a face-first pratfall?
Fifth avenue, 5 a.m.: audrey hepburn, breakfast at tiffany's, an...
4
It suggests that their apparent indifference to McGill's pratfall is symptomatic of their despair.
The Philosophy of the Coen Brothers
5
Hands caught me as I sailed into a full-out pratfall.
Devil Bones
6
Burt's pratfall gave them enough of a lead to make it to the ground floor.
The Diamond Age
7
A few seconds later, the cabin exploded with the pratfall squeaks and bangs of J.
East of the sun
8
Then-lipsparted in wonder and a calm dewy smile-thelong graceful pratfall into Earth's mucky business.
The Centauri Device
9
The party where Anne did a bunny-hop pratfall.
Monday Mourning
10
Behind the stoic expressions lay the memory of one more instant when promise turned to pratfall.
The Irish Times
11
Blocked by the picket line, the scab bulls his car forward, and Leno does a pratfall backward.
Black is the new white
12
William sways, momentarily off-balance; oh God, a pratfall at this juncture would be the end of him!
The crimson petal and the white
13
On Monday the erstwhile Manchester United manager staged a spectacular pratfall at an ice hockey game in Russia.
The Guardian
14
But there sat Julius Karp wearing the helpless expression of someone in the midst of taking a pratfall.
The frozen rabbi
15
Actually, it's more like a pratfall.
The Guardian
16
It didn't tug me into a pratfall, but I stumbled, and it gave the shadowy figure time to run.
Blood rites
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