Usually means: Joke or trick to deceive.
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  1. leg-pull: Merriam-Webster
  2. leg-pull: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. leg-pull: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. leg-pull, leg-pull: Collins English Dictionary
  5. leg-pull: Vocabulary.com
  6. leg-pull: Wordnik
  7. leg-pull: Wiktionary
  8. leg-pull: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. leg-pull: Dictionary.com
  10. leg-pull: Rhymezone
  11. leg-pull: FreeDictionary.org
  12. leg-pull: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. leg-pull: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  (informal) A joke, fib or tease.

Similar:
legpull, leggie, ass-pull, funny, asspull, lallygag, legover, pantsing, lappy, quip, more...

Opposite:
truth, honesty, sincerity

Types:
hoax, joke, fool, trick, gag, jape, jest, lark, prank, more...

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Similar:
legpull, leggie, ass-pull, funny, asspull, lallygag, legover, pantsing, lappy, quip, more...

Opposite:
truth, honesty, sincerity

Types:
hoax, joke, fool, trick, gag, jape, jest, lark, prank, more...



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