what does leg-pull mean?

LEG-PULL as NOUN

Meaning
- as a joke: trying to make somebody believe something that is not true
Synonym(s)
- leg-pulling (what does leg-pulling mean?)
Hypernyms(s) leg-pull is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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