prank English
Noun
( en noun)
(obsolete) An evil deed; a malicious trick, an act of cruel deception.
*, 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.
A practical joke or mischievous trick.
* Shakespeare
- His pranks have been too broad to bear with.
* Sir Walter Raleigh
- The harpies played their accustomed pranks .
- Pranks may be funny, but remember that some people are aggressive.
- He pulled a gruesome prank on his sister.
Synonyms
* See also
Derived terms
* prankish
* pranksome
* prankster
Verb
To adorn in a showy manner; to dress or equip ostentatiously.
* Spenser
- In sumptuous tire she joyed herself to prank .
* 1748 , , B:II
- And there a Sea?on atween June and May,
- Half prankt with Spring, with Summer half imbrown'd,
- A li?tle?s Climate made, where, Sooth to ?ay,
- No living Wight could work, ne cared even for Play.
* 1880 , For Spring, by Sandro Botticelli , lines 2–3
- ''Flora, wanton-eyed
- ''For birth, and with all flowrets prankt and pied:
To make ostentatious show.
* M. Arnold
- White houses prank where once were huts.
To perform a practical joke on; to trick.
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=May 13, author=Karen Crouse, title=Still Invitation Only, but Jets Widen Door for Camp, work=New York Times citation
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(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?
Synonyms
(call and promptly hang up) missed call, missed-call
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prink English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) . More at .
Verb
( en verb)
(obsolete, or, dialectal) to give a wink; to wink.
Etymology 2
Perhaps alteration (due to primp) of , (etyl) and (etyl) prunk.
Noun
( en noun)
the act of adjusting dress or appearance; a sprucing up
* 2006 , Louisa May Alcott, Little Women :
- [...] And does my hair look very bad?", said Meg, as she turned from the glass in Mrs. Gardiner's dressing room after a prolonged prink .
Verb
( en verb)
to look, gaze
to dress finely, primp, preen, spruce up
to strut, put on pompous airs, be pretentious
Synonyms
* (l)
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