leg pull
Joke on someone
A leg pull is a playful joke or mild deception, typically good-natured teasing meant to fool someone briefly: Don't take him seriously—it's just a leg pull.
The term comes from the verb phrase "pull someone's leg," meaning to tease or kid them.
More common in British than American English.
- prankPlayful trick on someone
- jokeHumorous statement seeking laughter
- hoaxDeliberate deception for effect
- teaseMock playfully
- gagMouth restraint or jest
trick · wind-up · taking the mickey · jest · bluff · put-on · spoof · rib · kidding · just kidding · fooling · yarn · tall tale · fib · jape · lark · mischief · tweak
- Pilatesreformer, mat work, hundred, teaser, roll-up
- jokesjokes, joke, puns, one-liners, pun
- mockerymockery, ridiculing, jeers, jeering, jibes
- tall talesPaul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, John Henry, Johnny Appleseed, Davy Crockett
- teasingtease, teasing, rib, ribbing, josh
- trickerytrick, deceive, mislead, hoax, ruse