pratfall

Noun
  1. A fall onto your buttocks (synset 100077989)
    is a type of: fall, spill, tumble - a sudden drop from an upright position
  2. An embarrassing mistake (synset 100075610)
    is a type of: error, fault, mistake - a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
    subtypes:
    • bobble - the momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball
    • snafu - an acronym often used by soldiers in World War II: situation normal all fucked up
    • spectacle - a blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase `make a spectacle of' yourself
    • bull - a serious and ludicrous blunder
    • fumble, muff - (sports) dropping the ball
    • fluff - a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines)
    • faux pas, gaffe, gaucherie, slip, solecism - a socially awkward or tactless act
    • howler - a glaring blunder
    • clanger - a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate
    • misstep, stumble, trip, trip-up - an unintentional but embarrassing blunder
    same as: bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup

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