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Definition of prank in English: pranknoun praŋkpræŋk A practical joke or mischievous act. 玩笑；恶作剧 the tapestry was stolen as part of a drunken student prank Example sentencesExamples - Being the younger child, she had always been pampered and now was always up to some pranks and tricks.
- The second element, designed to keep the crowd smiling through the serious bits, is a series of pranks.
- After these pranks, the second volume, covering the war years and their aftermath, was rather a let-down.
- Engineers responsible for the pranks may also be facing academic discipline from the university.
- Still these biker boys made out such things were mere pranks, a witty jape for a Sunday afternoon.
- He loved to tease, and numerous times his friends were the victims of his practical pranks.
- It almost seemed like a joke, a harmless prank one of his friends had pulled on him.
- So you would think that I would have learned from being the subject of all these little pranks.
- Whether old-fashioned pranks, such as knocking on doors and running away, are still popular, it is hard to tell.
- They were childhood enemies that pulled practical pranks on each other.
- She used to make me laugh when she told me of the harmless jokes and pranks she played earlier that day.
- It would play pranks and tricks on you over and over again until you would get annoyed and irritated.
- Presumably, they will never be allowed to broadcast this as a part of their show and it raises the issue of how far you can go with pranks on celebrities.
- Dad had a great sense of humor and enjoyed pranks and joking around with friends and family.
- The mysterious and loosely knit movement has since spiralled and the group has played a series of hoaxes and pranks on the Italian media.
- It has been reported in certain quarters that his actions are a prank or a public-relations stunt.
- The local mischiefmakers played numerous pranks, leading to hilarious consequences.
- The game starts out innocently, with the usual childhood pranks and mayhem.
- Since I do not spend my time with childish pranks and games, they don't see me as one of them.
- Most of the dares consisted of kissing or stupid stunts and pranks.
Synonyms practical joke, trick, mischievous act, piece of mischief, joke, escapade, stunt, caper, jape, game, hoax, antic informal lark, leg-pull North American informal dido Australian informal goak informal, dated rag, cutup archaic quiz rare frolic, freak, gambado, gambade, rig, prat
verb praŋkpræŋk [with object]informal Play a trick or practical joke on (someone) the individuals who were pranked thought they were auditioning to be a TV show host Example sentencesExamples - Daffy scares everyone with his pranking, but he gets his comeuppance when Granny and the kiddos give him a taste of his own medicine.
- I had been pranked into calling 911.
- Personally, I think they need to be pranked.
- There will be no excessive pranking.
- An officer nearby said the whole thing was a hoax, a crank caller pranking 911.
- The 53-year-old silver fox has famously pranked many of his co-stars in the past, including Sandra Bullock and Ryan Gosling.
- We were pranked on the pretense of getting a job.
- The pranking hadn't started again till a few weeks ago.
- I bet he never thought he would get such a willing participant when he pranked us.
- In addition to the bonfires and community aspect, there seems to be a tradition of pranking and general misbehavior.
OriginEarly 16th century (denoting a wicked deed): of unknown origin. A prank was once more serious than it is now, not a practical joke nor a piece of mischief but rather some wicked or malicious act. For example, the 17th-century biblical commentator John Trapp described a person's murder of their brother and sister as ‘lewd pranks’. The origin of the word is unknown.
Rhymesankh, bank, blank, clank, crank, dank, drank, embank, flank, franc, frank, hank, lank, outflank, outrank, Planck, plank, point-blank, rank, sank, shank, shrank, spank, stank, swank, tank, thank, yank Definition of prank in US English: pranknounpræŋkpraNGk A practical joke or mischievous act. 玩笑；恶作剧 Example sentencesExamples - Most of the dares consisted of kissing or stupid stunts and pranks.
- It almost seemed like a joke, a harmless prank one of his friends had pulled on him.
- Still these biker boys made out such things were mere pranks, a witty jape for a Sunday afternoon.
- He loved to tease, and numerous times his friends were the victims of his practical pranks.
- Presumably, they will never be allowed to broadcast this as a part of their show and it raises the issue of how far you can go with pranks on celebrities.
- Dad had a great sense of humor and enjoyed pranks and joking around with friends and family.
- The game starts out innocently, with the usual childhood pranks and mayhem.
- Engineers responsible for the pranks may also be facing academic discipline from the university.
- Since I do not spend my time with childish pranks and games, they don't see me as one of them.
- So you would think that I would have learned from being the subject of all these little pranks.
- Whether old-fashioned pranks, such as knocking on doors and running away, are still popular, it is hard to tell.
- It would play pranks and tricks on you over and over again until you would get annoyed and irritated.
- The mysterious and loosely knit movement has since spiralled and the group has played a series of hoaxes and pranks on the Italian media.
- They were childhood enemies that pulled practical pranks on each other.
- It has been reported in certain quarters that his actions are a prank or a public-relations stunt.
- She used to make me laugh when she told me of the harmless jokes and pranks she played earlier that day.
- The local mischiefmakers played numerous pranks, leading to hilarious consequences.
- After these pranks, the second volume, covering the war years and their aftermath, was rather a let-down.
- The second element, designed to keep the crowd smiling through the serious bits, is a series of pranks.
- Being the younger child, she had always been pampered and now was always up to some pranks and tricks.
Synonyms practical joke, trick, mischievous act, piece of mischief, joke, escapade, stunt, caper, jape, game, hoax, antic
verbpræŋkpraNGk [with object]informal Play a trick or practical joke on (someone) the individuals who were pranked thought they were auditioning to be a TV show host Example sentencesExamples - I bet he never thought he would get such a willing participant when he pranked us.
- Daffy scares everyone with his pranking, but he gets his comeuppance when Granny and the kiddos give him a taste of his own medicine.
- The 53-year-old silver fox has famously pranked many of his co-stars in the past, including Sandra Bullock and Ryan Gosling.
- I had been pranked into calling 911.
- The pranking hadn't started again till a few weeks ago.
- We were pranked on the pretense of getting a job.
- Personally, I think they need to be pranked.
- There will be no excessive pranking.
- An officer nearby said the whole thing was a hoax, a crank caller pranking 911.
- In addition to the bonfires and community aspect, there seems to be a tradition of pranking and general misbehavior.
OriginEarly 16th century (denoting a wicked deed): of unknown origin. |