Prank

Noun

 * 1)  An evil deed; a malicious trick, an act of cruel deception.
 * 2) * 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.4.2.ii:
 * Hercules, after all his mad pranks upon his wife and children, was perfectly cured by a purge of hellebor, which an Antieyrian administered unto him.
 * 1) A practical joke or mischievous trick.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:joke

Derived terms

 * prankish
 * pranksome
 * prankster

Verb

 * 1)  To adorn in a showy manner; to dress or equip ostentatiously.
 * 2) * 1880 Dante Gabriel Rosetti, For Spring, by Sandro Botticelli, lines 2-3
 * ''Flora, wanton-eyed
 * ''For birth, and with all flowrets prankt and pied:
 * 1)  To perform a practical joke on; to trick.
 * 2)  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?
 * I don't have your number in my phone, can you prank me?

Adjectives for Prank
hoyden; mad; fruitless; common; wily; extravagant; gamesome; humorous; idle; freakish; youthful.

Verbs for Prank
anticipate—; beguile with—s; concoct—; dodge—; indulge in—; relish—; smother—; —amuses; —disgusts; —diverts; —irks; — seduces ; —tires ; —traps ; —tricks; —vexes.

Thesaurus
adorn, antic, array, beautify, bedeck, bedizen, blazon, caper, caprice, color, conceit, dandify, deck, deck out, decorate, dizen, doll up, dress, dress up, embellish, emblazon, embroider, enrich, escapade, fancy, fancy up, fig out, fix up, fooling, freak, frivolity, frolic, furbish, gambol, garnish, get up, grace, gussy up, high jinks, horseplay, jape, jest, lark, levity, lightness, mischief, monkeyshine, monkeyshines, ornament, overdress, paint, play, practical joke, prank up, preen, prettify, pretty up, primp, primp up, prink, prink up, rag out, redecorate, redo, refurbish, rollick, roughhouse, rowdiness, set off, set out, shenanigans, shines, skylarking, slick up, smarten, smarten up, spiff, sport, spruce up, stunt, titivate, tomfoolery, trick, trick out, trick up, trim, vagary, waggish trick, wheeze, whim, whimsy

Etymology
From pranken:, probably from  pronken:, proncken:. Cognate with prunken:,  prunken:,  prunke:. Connected also with prangen:,  prangen:,  pragt:, all from, from. Sense of "mischievous act" from earlier verbal sense of "to be crafty or subtle, set in order, adjust". See also,.

Pronunciation

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Noun

 * Armenian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 惡作劇, 恶作剧
 * Czech:, ,
 * Danish: spilopper
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: bubaĵo
 * Estonian:, vemp
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 * French: ,
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 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:, huncutság, csínytevés
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 悪ふざけ (waru fuzake)
 * Hungarian:, huncutság, csínytevés
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 悪ふざけ (waru fuzake)


 * Korean: 농담 (nongdam)
 * Macedonian: мајтап
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 * Cyrillic: псина, псине
 * Roman: psina, psine
 * Spanish:, , , jugarreta
 * Swedish: hyss, streck, ,  busstreck
 * Thai: กลอุบาย
 * Turkish: muziplik
 * Thai: กลอุบาย
 * Turkish: muziplik