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practical joke

 
 
noun [C]

Translation

a trick using actions and not words to make people laugh
eşek şakası, ağır şaka
to play a practical joke on someone1490
(Definition of practical joke noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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