practical jokes
Stunts for laughs
Practical jokes are pranks or tricks played on unsuspecting people, typically involving physical setups rather than verbal wit: a whoopee cushion on a chair, a bucket of water balanced on a door.
The humor comes at the victim's expense, ranging from harmless fun to genuinely mean-spirited.
He was always playing practical jokes on his coworkers.
- shenanigansMischievous or deceitful behavior
- prankPlayful trick on someone
- April FoolsPranked people or their holiday
- mischiefPlayful troublesome behavior
- itching powderSubstance causing skin irritation
jokes · gag · rubber chicken · fake spider · hand buzzer · trickster · whoopee cushion · water balloons · bucket of water · invisible ink · short sheeting · tomfoolery · antics · jape · office prank · gotcha · jump scare · carnival traditions
- humorjokes, joking, comedy, comic, funny
- fooling aroundjoking, kidding, jesting, fooling, teasing
- jokesjokes, puns, one-liners, pun, dad jokes
- prankspranks, prank calls, prank call, prank video, prankster
- tomfoolerysilliness, foolery, clownery, clownishness, goofing off
- horseplayroughhousing, hijinks, antics, horseplay, clowning around
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Aggressive repeated intimidation
harassment · malice · persecution · torment · assault
practical jokeswordplay
Verbal wit techniques
witty banter · puns · intellectual humor · observational comedy · stand-up comedy
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