Related Words for practical joke

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caper
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Noun, Noun
trick
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Noun
gotcha
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Noun
joke
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Noun
play on words
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Phrase, Noun
booby trap
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Phrase, Noun
slide
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Noun
confidence trick
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Phrase, Noun
trick of the trade
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Phrase, Noun
pretend
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Verb
trip
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Noun
hack
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Noun
takeoff
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Noun
dodge
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Noun
trick question
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Phrase, Noun
sell
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Verb
play
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Noun
swindle
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Noun
pass
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Noun
lick
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Noun
sucker punch
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Phrase, Noun, Verb
blame game
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Phrase, Noun
bite
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Noun
stab in the back
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Phrase, Noun, Verb
hat trick
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Phrase, Noun
crack
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Noun
plant
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Noun
bait and switch
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Phrase, Noun, Verb
tale
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Noun
fetch
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Verb
kiss of death
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Phrase, Noun
touch
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Noun
expression
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Noun
cheap thrill
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Phrase, Noun
have
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Verb
bag of tricks
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Phrase, Noun
riposte
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Noun
bait
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Noun
slap on the wrist
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Phrase, Verb, Noun
dead giveaway
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Phrase, Noun
fronting
/x
Verb
dance
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Noun
fist
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Noun
whack
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Noun
glove
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Noun
fly in the ointment
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Phrase, Noun
blot on the escutcheon
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Phrase, Noun
line
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Noun
loophole
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Noun
beat up
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Phrase, Verb, Adjective, Noun
target practice
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
bash
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Noun
tightrope
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Noun
intake
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Noun
one up
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Phrase, Verb, Noun
exploit
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Verb
contact
/x
Noun
stroke
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Noun
pickle
/x
Noun
highway robbery
/x/xx
Phrase, Noun
picnic
/x
Noun
railroad
/x
Noun
proverbial
x/xx
Adjective
parting shot
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Phrase, Noun
piece of cake
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Phrase, Noun
toss
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Noun
pissing contest
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Phrase, Noun
eye for an eye
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Phrase, Noun
knock
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Noun
toast
/
Noun
pull
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Noun
absurdity
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Noun
achievable
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Adjective
action
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
actionable
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
actual
/xx
Adjective, Noun
advertisement
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Noun
aforesaid
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Adjective
agronomic
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Adjective
allotted
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Adjective
analytical
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Adjective
ancillary
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
anecdote
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Noun, Verb
antic
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
any
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Adverb
applicable
/xxx
Adjective
applicative
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
applied
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Adjective
astronomical
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Adjective
attainable
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Adjective, Noun
auspicious
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Adjective
auxiliaries
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Adjective
available
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Adjective
awesome
/x
Adjective, Noun
bad
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
banter
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Noun, Verb
belly laugh
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Phrase, Noun, Verb
beneficial
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
bent
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Noun, Adjective
bombing
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Noun
book
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Noun, Verb
boring
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Adjective, Noun
bozo
/x
Noun
breaking
/x
Noun
buffoon
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Noun, Verb
businesslike
/xx
Adjective
caricature
/xxx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
change
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Noun, Verb
charade
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Noun, Verb
chosen
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Adjective, Noun
christmas
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Name, Adjective, Verb
church
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Noun, Verb
circulation
/xxx
Noun
circumspection
xx/x
Noun
cleverness
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Noun
cliche
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Noun, Verb
clown
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Noun, Verb
comedian
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Noun
comedy
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Noun
comic
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Adjective, Noun
commensurate
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Adjective, Verb
commercial
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Adjective, Noun
concrete
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
conscientious
xx/x
Adjective
convenience
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Noun, Verb
convenient
x/x
Adjective
crap
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
critical
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Adjective, Noun
customised
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Verb, Adjective
definite
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Adjective, Noun
delirium
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Noun
demonstration
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Noun
desideratum
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Noun
desirability
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Noun
doable
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Adjective, Noun
earnest
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
earthy
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Adjective
economical
xx/xx
Adjective
effective
x/x
Adjective, Noun
effectively
x/xx
Adverb
efficient
x/x
Adjective, Noun
empirical
x/xx
Adjective
exact
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Adjective, Verb, Adverb
exercise
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Noun, Verb
expedient
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Adjective, Noun
experiential
xxx/x
Adjective
experiment
x/xx
Noun, Verb
experimental
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
fable
/x
Noun, Verb
factual
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Adjective, Noun
farce
/
Noun, Verb
feasible
/xx
Adjective
fifteenth
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Adjective, Noun
financial
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Adjective
firm
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
fool
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
fulfilment
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Noun
fun
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
functional
/xx
Adjective, Noun
funny
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
gag
/
Noun, Verb
game
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
genuine
/xx
Adjective
giggle
/x
Noun, Verb
good
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
guessed
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Verb
handy
/x
Adjective, Noun
helpful
/x
Adjective
history
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Noun, Verb
hoax
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Noun, Verb
hobby
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Noun
holiday
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Noun, Verb
howler
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Noun
humor
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Noun, Verb
humorous
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Adjective
humour
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Noun, Verb
hygienic
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Adjective
implement
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Verb, Noun
impractical
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Adjective
inconsequential
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Adjective, Noun
independent
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Adjective, Noun
individual
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Adjective, Noun
internship
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Noun
jest
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Noun, Verb, Adverb
jester
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Noun
joker
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Noun
kid
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Noun, Verb
lark
/
Noun, Verb
laugh
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Noun, Verb
laughable
/xx
Adjective
laughter
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Noun
legal
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Adjective, Noun
levity
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Noun
manageable
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Adjective
material
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
mathematical
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Adjective
mean
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Verb, Adjective, Noun
meaningful
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Adjective
merits
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Noun
miscellaneous
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Adjective
mockery
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Noun
mop
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Noun, Verb
movie
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Noun
mundane
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Adjective, Noun
objective
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Noun, Adjective
obvious
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Adjective
operable
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Adjective
operation
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Noun
operational
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Adjective
operative
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Adjective, Noun
parody
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Noun, Verb
particular
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Adjective, Noun
pedagogic
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Adjective
pedagogical
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Adjective
perfume
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Noun, Verb
physical
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Adjective, Noun
ploy
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Noun, Verb
positive
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Adjective, Noun
possible
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Adjective, Noun
pouch
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Noun, Verb
practicable
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Adjective
practicality
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Noun
practice
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Noun, Verb
practicum
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Noun
practise
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Verb, Noun
pragmatic
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Adjective, Noun
prank
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Noun, Verb, Adjective