Usually means: Humorous trick played on someone.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word practical joke:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. practical joke: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. practical joke: Merriam-Webster
  3. practical joke: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. practical joke: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. practical joke: Collins English Dictionary
  6. practical joke: Vocabulary.com
  7. practical joke: Wordnik
  8. practical joke: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. practical joke: Wiktionary
  10. practical joke: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. practical joke: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Practical joke, practical joke: Dictionary.com
  13. Practical Joke (horse), Practical Joke, Practical joke: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. practical joke: Rhymezone
  15. practical joke: FreeDictionary.org
  16. practical joke: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. Practical Joke: The Word Detective
  18. practical joke: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. practical joke: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Joke, Practical: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Practical Joke: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See practical_joker as well.)

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noun:  A playful trick done for amusement to the detriment of someone else.

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