play a joke on

play a joke on someone

to make a joke that tricks someone. The children played a joke on their teacher. I don't like it when you play jokes on me.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Hyam	-	Hebrew
Bride	-	Irish
Doubravka	-	Czech
Talulla	-	Irish
Matthei	-	Old Church Slavic
Angelina	ahn-je-LEE-nah (Italian), an-jə-LEEN-ə (English), ahn-GYE-lee-nah (Russian), ahn-gye-LEE-nah (Russian), ahn-gee-LEE-nah (Russian), ahn-ge-LEE-nah (Polish)	Italian, English, Russian, German, Dutch, Polish, Spanish, Macedonian