leg-pull russian
моро́чить
to fool, to deceive, to mislead, to take in
to mess with (someone), to pull someone's leg, to confuse deliberately
мистифика́ция
mystification, practical joke, hoax, leg-pull
прика́лываться
to joke around, to kid, to be joking, to fool around
to make fun of (somebody), to tease, to pull somebody's leg, to take the mickey out of
to be pinned on, to be fastened with a pin
приколо́ться
to make fun of (someone), to tease, to mock, to pull someone's leg
to be pinned on, to get pinned
Examples
Are you pulling my leg?
Том просто прикалывается над тобой.
Tom is just pulling your leg.
Ребёнок, выпрастывавший ножку из пелёнки, захныкал.
The child, pulling its little leg out of the swaddling cloth, began to whimper.



















