Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pratfall
2 senses of pratfall
Sense 1
pratfall -- (a fall onto your buttocks)
=> spill, tumble, fall -- (a sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty spill on the ice")
Sense 2
blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo -- (an embarrassing mistake)
=> mistake, error, fault -- (a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults")