practical joke
Example Sentences
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The five Georgia teens whose teacher died during a fatal practical joke will not be prosecuted in the educator's death, the district attorney has said.
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
The con job was, he thinks, “no more than a practical joke, really. Good clean sport.”
From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2024
Was it all some kind of practical joke?
From Slate • Mar. 16, 2023
It's almost as if McCarthy was playing some kind of elaborate practical joke.
From Salon • Feb. 22, 2023
The enlisted men were playing a practical joke!
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
