practical joke

English

Noun

practical joke (plural practical jokes)

Something done in a playful fashion for amusement to the detriment of someone else.
The class put a whoopee cushion on the teacher's chair as a practical joke.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:prank

Translations

something done for amusement to the detriment of someone else

Chinese:
Mandarin: 惡作劇 (zh), 恶作剧 (zh) (èzuòjù)
Czech: kanadský žert m
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: jekku (fi), kepponen (fi), kuje (fi), pila (fi)
French: facétie (fr) f, farce (fr) f, traquenard (fr) m
German: Streich (de) m
Japanese: 悪戯 (akugi or itazura)
Korean: 짖굳은 장난 (jitgudeun jangnan)

Macedonian: мајтап m (májtap)
Polish: figiel (pl) m, psikus (pl) m
Portuguese: pegadinha f, brincadeira (pt) f
Romanian: farsă (ro)
Russian: ро́зыгрыш (ru) m (rózygryš)
Spanish: broma pesada f
Swedish: spratt (sv), skämt (sv)
Westrobothnian: sprett m

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