play a joke

play a joke (on somebody)

to do something that makes someone look foolish Richard called and said I had won ten thousand dollars, and it took me a second to realize he was playing a joke on me.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Angharad	-	Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Adolphus	[ə'dɔlfəs]
Abelone	-	Danish
Alysha	ə-LEE-shə	English (Modern)
Zakiya	-	Arabic
Ranjit	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali