Definition of Practical

Prac´ti`cal
a.1.Of or pertaining to practice or action.
2.Capable of being turned to use or account; useful, in distinction from ideal or theoretical; as, practical chemistry.
3.Evincing practice or skill; capable of applying knowledge to some useful end; as, a practical man; a practical mind.
4.Derived from practice; as, practical skill.
Practical joke
a joke put in practice; a joke the fun of which consists in something done, in distinction from something said; esp., a trick played upon a person.


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