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practical joker
noun[ C ]
uk /ˌpræk.tɪ.kəl ˈdʒəʊ.kər/ us /ˌpræk.tɪ.kəl ˈdʒoʊ.kɚ/
someone who likes to play tricks, especially to make other people look silly: 爱搞恶作剧的人
He was described as a practical joker.人们说他是个爱搞恶作剧的人。
I said "Look out, the police are coming." But because I'm a practical joker, no one would believe me.我说：“小心点，警察来了。”但是因为我爱搞恶作剧，没有人相信我。
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practical joke
He was a very funny man, a great practical joker.
Some practical joker rang up: said there was a gas leak, and they had to evacuate the house.
UKPractical jokers who stole a shop dummy from a Sheffield store have demanded a million pound ransom in Monopoly money.
Gentle and charming, he was also the team's practical joker.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Cheating & tricking
anti-fraud
bad faith
bamboozle
bilk
blackmail
deceive
diddle
feint
flannel
funny business
game-fixing
grift
grifter
gull
gyp
prankster
pretext
pretextual
pull
pull a fast oneidiom
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