[ US /ˈpɹæŋk/ ]
[ UK /pɹˈæŋk/ ]
NOUN
  1. a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
  2. acting like a clown or buffoon
VERB
  1. dress up showily
    He pranked himself out in his best clothes
  2. dress or decorate showily or gaudily
    Roses were pranking the lawn
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How To Use prank In A Sentence

  • In addition to the bonfires and community aspect, there seems to be a tradition of pranking and general misbehavior.
  • The incident was a prank that went wrong.
  • Actually, they call it "pranked," and you probably think I'm talking about famous Canadian-born SNL producer Lorne Michaels, but no, no, no ... or should I say "non, non, non? The Seminal :: Independent Media And Politics
  • The rascally youths had played a prank on Penguin.
  • So far, he's not aware of a train derailing or crashing as a result of such ‘pranks’.
  • One stray click and I'm rickrolled, prankishly diverted to the now-familiar footage of Rick Astley being devoured by a pack of London cannibals. Wired Top Stories
  • Brilliant and eloquent, he was full of jokes and pranks. Times, Sunday Times
  • So long as tutors and governesses only had to deal with their own pupils, all went well, but when the brothers and sisters were all together, and influenced by the spirit of insubordination and love of playing pranks which the elder ones brought back from school, we made life hard and sour to the preceptorial body. Memoirs (Vieux Souvenirs) of the Prince de Joinville
  • Students give him absurd names and wheel him out for practical jokes and pranks. THE SCOTTISH ENLIGHTENMENT: The Scots' Invention of the Modern World
  • But the pranksters don't seem like overly reflective types, and that's to their credit.
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