Prank Definition
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Pronunciation
Noun
prank (plural pranks)
- A practical joke or mischievous trick.
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:joke
Derived terms
Verb
to prank (third-person singular simple present pranks, present participle pranking, simple past pranked, past participle pranked or archaic prankt)
- (transitive) To adorn in a showy manner; to dress or equip ostentatiously.
- 1880 Dante Gabriel Rosetti, For Spring, by Sandro Botticelli, lines 2-3
- Flora, wanton-eyed
- For birth, and with all flowrets prankt and pied:
- 1880 Dante Gabriel Rosetti, For Spring, by Sandro Botticelli, lines 2-3
- (transitive) To perform a practical joke on; to trick.
- 2007 May 13, Karen Crouse, “Still Invitation Only, but Jets Widen Door for Camp”, New York Times:
- “If someone’s pranking me,” Rowlands remembered thinking, “they’re going to great lengths to make it work.”
- 2007 May 13, Karen Crouse, “Still Invitation Only, but Jets Widen Door for Camp”, New York Times:
- (transitive, slang) To call someone's phone and promptly hang up
- Hey man, prank me when you wanna get picked up.
- I don't have your number in my phone, can you prank me?
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