English-German translations for practical joke

• Streich der
  Herr Präsident, Ehrgeiz ist ein Streich, den die Götter den Menschen spielen. Mr President, ambition is a practical joke played by the gods on mankind.

Definition of practical joke

• A playful trick done for amusement to the detriment of someone else

Examples

• The class put a whoopee cushion on the teachers chair as a practical joke

Related words

• practical
• impractical
• practically
• practicality
• impracticality
• impracticalness
• unpractical
• practicalness
• practical training
• practical nurse