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单词 prank
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prankn.1

Origin: Of unknown origin.
Etymology: Origin unknown. Compare pranked adj.1, pranking n.1, and later prank v.2Compare also prank n.2 and discussion at that entry.
Obsolete. rare.
A pleat, a fold.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > folding or folded condition > [noun] > pleating > a pleat
plait1440
prank1440
pinchc1450
plightc1450
pleata1529
tuck1532
lipea1600
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 411 Prank, of prankynge, plica, plicatura.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

prankn.2

Brit. /praŋk/, U.S. /præŋk/
Forms: 1500s pranque, 1500s–1600s pranck, 1500s–1600s prancke, 1500s–1700s pranke, 1500s– prank.
Origin: Of unknown origin.
Etymology: Origin unknown. Compare slightly later prank v.3A relationship with either prank v.4 or prank n.1 is sometimes suggested, but in neither case is there any clear semantic connection. In sense 1 sometimes rendering classical Latin scelus crime (see scelerate adj. and n.) or facinus bad deed (see facinorous adj.).
1. A malicious trick; a wicked deed; a deception or scheme intended to harm, a hoax.In later use chiefly after sense 3a, usually with modifying word indicating the negative connotations.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [noun] > malicious trick
thuckec1230
pranka1529
dog-trick?c1550
dog's trick1742
the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > spitefulness > spiteful action > [noun] > instance of
thuckec1230
malicec1350
shrewd turn1464
serpentine?1510
pranka1529
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > spite, malice > [noun] > active > instance of
thuckec1230
malicec1350
shrewd turn1464
serpentine?1510
pranka1529
a1529 J. Skelton Against Scottes (1843) 150 Your pryde was peuysh to play such prankys.
1539 T. Cromwell in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) II. 182 Themperour whom his grace knoweth..more to regarde his honour and profitt then to Imagyn and Consent to so an unreasonable shamefull & dishonourable pranque.
1568 Newe Comedie Iacob & Esau iv. i. sig. E.j Mother by such a pranck the matter will be wurse.
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxiii. xxix. 841 At length they played these prancks [L. facinora fecerunt]..of malice unto them.
1654 J. Trapp Comm. Ezra iv. 6 Infamous..for many lewd pranks (as that he killed his brother, and then his owne sister).
1727 D. Defoe Syst. Magick i. iii. 91 This was not the first of his Pranks which he [sc. the Devil] played upon Mankind after the Flood.
1793 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1891) XII. 380 If he should be detected in any knavish pranks I will make the country too warm for him to remain in.
1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre II. i. 5 If she discovered I knew or suspected her guilt, she would be playing off some of her malignant pranks on me.
1896 Columbus (Ohio) Evening Disp. 10 Apr. 4/2 The gangster may play all sorts of pranks with the ballot box.
1932 A. Hirschfield Manhattan Oases 28 Almost anything goes, but there will be no ghastly pranks like the administering of a Michael Finn.
1997 Independent 16 May 5/1 You're falling for a cruel prank aimed at making you part with your hard-earned cash.
2. A magical trick or feat; a conjuring trick. Obsolete.In earlier use with reference to tricks intended to deceive rather than to entertain.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > legerdemain, etc. > [noun] > a trick
colea1307
playa1475
conveyance1534
legerdemain?1544
prank1555
convoyance1578
sleight1596
pass1599
paviea1605
trick1609
sleight of handa1626
hocus-pocus1647
juggle1664
hocus-trickc1680
passe-passe1687
jugglementa1708
thaumaturgics1721
necromantics1745
conjuration1820
1555 J. Harpsfield in E. Bonner Homilies 49 Those prankes played by Simon Magus.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 433 Either iuggling or Magicall prankes practised by the Samoed-Coniurours or Priests.
1650 J. Milton Tenure of Kings (ed. 2) 60 Like those Priests of Bel, whose pranks Daniel found out.
1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters iii. 329 He had the honor of playing his pranks before the whole court.
1840 T. Hood Miss Kilmansegg i, in New Monthly Mag. 60 84 Golden bees by alchemical prank Gather'd gold instead of honey.
3.
a. A practical joke; a lark; a capriciously foolish act.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > [noun] > a frolic
oliprancec1390
ragerya1393
vague1523
rex1566
friskin1570
gambol1573
reak1573
prank1576
vagary1588
whirligig1589
caper1592
prinkum-prankum1596
firk1611
frolica1635
carryings-on1663
ramp1696
romp1713
freak1724
scheme1758
rig1782
lark1811
escapade1814
gammock1819
gambade1821
enfantillage1827
game1828
shines1830
rollick1834
rusty1835
high jinksa1845
escapado1849
shenanigan1855
rum-tum1876
panta1901
gas1914
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > [noun] > a trick, prank, hoax
pratOE
mowa1393
pageant?c1430
jimp?1572
prank1576
jest1578
jig1592
frump1593
trick1605
bilk1664
fun1699
plisky1706
humbug1750
hum1751
practical joke1751
marlock1763
quiz1795
practical joke1804
skite1804
hoax1808
skit1815
wrinkle1817
rusty1835
funny business1838
string1851
stringer1851
cod1862
mank1865
spoof1889
leg-pull1893
rannygazoo1896
shenanigan1926
gotcha1967
to throw a fastball1968
wind-up1984
1576 A. Fleming tr. Hippocrates in Panoplie Epist. 282 Who in all his purposes and practises, playeth pranckes of puerilitie and childishnesse.
1602 S. Rowlands Tis Merrie 18 But Lord the prankes that we mad-wenches playde.
1643 J. Burroughes Expos. Hosea (1652) xvi. 412 Tell tales of the pranckes of your younger dayes.
a1713 T. Ellwood Hist. Life (1765) 5 Often playing one waggish Prank or other among my fellow scholars.
1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller (?1780) 9 All the ruddy family around Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail.
1787 W. Beckford Portuguese Jrnl. 26 July (1954) 147 We talked over the very original pranks of Mme Gildemeester's favourite.
1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. vi. 165 Monkbarns warned me long since of your juggling pranks.
1844 R. W. Emerson Tantalus in Wks. (1906) III. 319 See the child..with his thousand pretty pranks, commanded by every sight and sound.
1884 Lady Verney in Contemp. Rev. Oct. 550 The pranks are not those of healthy schoolboys.
1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 9 Apr. 285/3 The Mardi Gras irresponsibility..excuses the daring prank of a naughty youth.
1996 J. Doran Red Doran 2 Listening to some of the pranks he got up to both before he got married, aye and after, I don't wonder at some of the antics his sons got up to later.
b. figurative and in extended use: an erratic or seemingly capricious action of an inanimate object or immaterial thing; a playful antic of an animal.
ΚΠ
1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. v. 9 All the various Machins and Utensils would now and then play odd Pranks and Capricio's quite contrary to their proper Structures and the Designs of the Artificers.
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 117. ¶5 The Cat is reported..to have played several Pranks above the Capacity of an ordinary Cat.
1784 S. Johnson Let. 11 Sept. (1994) IV. 400 All rather better except sleep, and that of late has been at its old pranks.
1850 H. Melville White-jacket xxvi. 128 The wind played no such pranks with the more prudently managed canvass of the Neversink.
1896 H. A. Bryden Tales S. Afr. 250 The bush koorhaan..are playing their strange aerial pranks.
1947 R. Bedichek Adventures with Texas Naturalist xxii. 281 Before Columbus this shadow..had caricatured the tree on slope and glade in the mornings and resumed its fantastic prank on the irregular ledges across the river in the afternoon.
1977 Sat. Night Dec. 91/1 The Arctic is famous for other pranks of perception, such as the phenomenon explorers called ‘looming’.
1999 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 18 June 19 Her catalogue of pet pranks include a dog which opened his owner's lunch box and ate only half the food.

Compounds

prank call n. a mischievous telephone call made as a practical joke, esp. one in which the caller hangs up without speaking, pretends to be someone else, or raises a false alarm with the emergency services.
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1934 Alton (Illinois) Evening Tel. 20 Oct. 10/1 The Halloween prank calls were coming from the Upper Alton area.
1982 Cincinnati Mag. July 15/3 So far there hasn't been one prank call. Every tip received at 352-3040 has turned out to be legitimate.
2015 Irish Daily Mail (Nexis) 9 Oct. 37 The prank call made by a Russian DJ to Elton John, pretending to be Vladimir Putin.
prank call v. intransitive and transitive to make a prank call to (a person).
ΚΠ
1987 Colt (Arlington High School, Texas) 20 Nov. 2/3 If they were going to prank call, they should learn to do it correctly.
1994 Hamilton (Ont.) Spectator (Nexis) 31 Mar. (Ego section) 8 Top Ten April Fools' jokes guaranteed to backfire... 5 Prank-calling anyone with call display.
2006 Elle Girl Mar. 154/2 Frank is this old Jewish man I know named Frank Schultz. I prank call people and pretend to be him. It's fun.
prank caller n. a person who makes a prank call.
ΚΠ
1956 New Castle (Pa.) News 27 July 10/6 (heading) Prank caller alerts city of ‘accident’.
1983 Changing Times Apr. 49/2 Answering machines..discourage prank callers who wouldn't want their voice left on a tape that could be turned over to the police.
2014 C. Hadnagy & P. Ekman Unmasking Social Engineer i. 18 Radio host Tom Mischke..started his career as a prank caller to a local radio station, pretending to be certain characters.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

prankn.3

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: prank v.1
Etymology: < prank v.1
Obsolete. rare.
Prancing; capering.
ΚΠ
1843 E. B. Barrett To Flush in Athenæum 22 July 670/3 Full of prank and curveting.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2018).

prankadj.

Forms: 1500s pranck, 1600s prank, 1600s pranke.
Origin: Perhaps formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: pranked adj.2
Etymology: Apparently related to prank v.4 and pranked adj.2; perhaps shortened < pranked adj.2, with loss of the final consonant.
Obsolete.
Colourfully, smartly, or ostentatiously dressed.
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > showily or fancily dressed
gaya1387
fresha1393
jollyc1405
lustyc1412
prankedc1550
well-attireda1569
prank1575
conceited1579
dressed1641
gaily dressed1730
bedressed1863
tricked1869
done-up1911
dolled1917
1575 R. B. Apius & Virginia sig. Bij Ah pretie pranck parnel, the Coushen and Booke, Whereon he shoulde reade and kneele, are present here looke.
1589 R. Robinson Golden Mirrour sig. H.2v Their children as I sayd, so pranck in pride.
1607 T. Tomkis Lingua iv. vii. I iv b If I doe not seeme pranker nowe, then I did in those dayes, Ile be hang'd.
1615 R. Brathwait Strappado 209 The 5. so pranke, he scarce can stand on ground.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

prankv.1

Brit. /praŋk/, U.S. /præŋk/
Forms: late Middle English–1500s pranke, 1500s– prank.
Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Or perhaps a borrowing from a Germanic language. Etymons: prank v.4; prance v.
Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps originally the same word as prank v.4 (although that is first attested later), or perhaps borrowed < one of the Germanic parallels cited at that entry; perhaps influenced sematically by prance v., or perhaps related to it (perhaps showing an alteration of prance v. after prank v.4, although this would again present problems of chronology, and it is possible that prance v. instead shows an alteration of the present word: see discussion at that entry).
Now archaic and rare.
intransitive. To prance (in various senses); to caper, dance; to parade. Formerly also †transitive with it (obsolete).In earlier use often with the implication of ostentatious display (see prance v. 1b); cf. also prank v.4
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > in stately or affected manner
prancea1398
jeta1400
prankc1450
strut1518
stalk1530
jotc1560
brank1568
piaffe1593
strit1597
swagger1600
stretch1619
prig1623
flutter1690
prink1696
jut1763
strunt1789
straddle1802
major1814
cakewalk1890
sashay1968
the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > make ostentatious display or show off [verb (intransitive)] > move or walk ostentatiously
trail1303
jeta1400
prancec1422
prankc1450
brank1568
promenade1699
parade1748
sashay1968
society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride a horse (or other animal) [verb (intransitive)] > ride prancingly or ostentatiously
prancea1393
prankc1450
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > leap, spring, or jump [verb (intransitive)] > caper
leapc900
playOE
floxec1200
startlec1300
trancec1374
prancec1380
tripc1386
scoupa1400
prankc1450
gambol1508
frisk?1520
jeta1529
pract1568
trounce1568
trip1578
capriole1580
lavolta1590
linch1593
curvet1595
flisk1595
firk1596
caper1598
jaunce1599
risec1599
cabre1600
jaunt1605
skit1611
to cut a caper or capersa1616
tripudiate1623
insult1652
to fike and flinga1689
scamper1691
dance1712
pranklea1717
cavort1794
jinket1823
gambado1827
caracol1861
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [verb (intransitive)] > leap or prance
tripc1386
prancea1398
brank?1400
leapc1405
gambol?1507
curvet1584
jet1587
jaunt1605
scope1607
stilt1786
caracol1813
prank1842
cavort1843–4
tittup1862
c1450 Erthe upon Erthe (Cambr.) (1911) 32 (MED) Erth vpon erthe gos in the weye, Prykys and prankys on a palfreye.
?1520 J. Rastell Nature .iiii. Element sig. Evjv And I can fote it by & by & I &c And I can pranke it properly.
a1529 J. Skelton Caudatos Anglos (1843) 57 That dronke asse..That prates and prankes.
1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) vi. f. 71 Who..With haultie looke and stately gate went pranking vp and downe.
1652 T. Urquhart Εκσκυβαλαυρον 105 [Crichtoun] begun to prank it, a la Venetiana..with such a flourish of mimick, and ethopoetick gestures.
1842 J. O. Halliwell Nursery Rhymes 76 His nag did kick and prank.
1870 Daily News 12 July 5/5 Placid infants..who looked anything but fit for pranking it according to Offenbach.
1916 J. W. Riley Flying Islands of Night i. i. 313 Forever pranking o'er the dasied sward.
1958 P. Hesketh Buttercup Children 18 Pranking through fields with a butterfly-net.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

prankv.2

Forms: 1500s prancke, 1500s pranke.
Origin: Probably formed within English, by back-formation. Etymons: pranked adj.1, pranking n.1
Etymology: Probably a back-formation < either pranked adj.1 or pranking n.1 Compare earlier prank n.1
Obsolete.
transitive. To fold, arrange in pleats; to decorate with pleats.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > folding or folded condition > fold [verb (transitive)] > arrange in folds or pleat
cremil1377
pinchc1387
pleatc1390
plaitc1400
plighta1425
ridelc1450
pranka1529
plat?1533
surfle1573
quill1607
twill1847
a1529 J. Skelton Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng in Certayne Bks. (?1545) 69 Stytched and pranked with pletes.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 664/1 I pranke ones gowne, I set the plyghtes in order, je mets les plies dune robe a poynt.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. iv. sig. D2 Some prancke their ruffes, and others trimly dight Their gay attyre.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

prankv.3

Brit. /praŋk/, U.S. /præŋk/
Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymon: prank n.2
Etymology: Related to prank n.2; further etymology unknown (see discussion at that entry).
1. intransitive. To play a trick or practical joke; to joke. Also figurative and in extended use.In earlier use, with connotations of malice or wrongdoing.
ΘΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > do harm [verb (intransitive)]
woundc897
to do or work wough?c1225
to do (work, make) scathec1275
annoy1340
nuisec1350
harm1362
scathe1488
to make violence to (also on, etc.)1529
prank1530
damnify1621
endamage1635
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > practise trickery [verb (intransitive)]
triflec1305
legerdemain1483
to practise on (also upon) —1600
to play hocus-pocus1659
palm1686
trick1698
shab1755
kid1811
lark1813
prank1826
mank1861
cod1874
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 664/1 I prank with one, I use craftye and subtyll maner towardes hym, je me subtille.
c1700 Patch-Work i. 22 Did not..Luther, though the Pope he prank'd on, Own him Head of the Church, ne'erless?
1826 J. Hogg in Lit. Souvenir 122 The little fays of sin..That prank with the damask vein of the cheek.
1897 Outing 30 456/2 A little wind, born in the gorge below, was pranking with the quaking asp leaves.
1949 H. Hornsby Lonesome Valley 315 Hey, momy! Johnny was just pranking with me.
1955 J. Ritchie Singing Family of Cumberlands 141 We'd prank around and sing and make jokes and carry on.
1988 Age (Melbourne) 16 Apr. (Saturday Suppl.) 13/7 Fellow novelist Angela Carter was not pranking when she described it as having ‘extraordinary richness, complexity and strength’.
2. transitive. To play a trick or practical joke on (a person).
Π
1973 T. Crouse Boys on Bus iii. xiv. 316 The McGovern staffers were on their feet and heading for the back room before they realized that they had been pranked.
1993 J. M. Yates Line Screw iv. 60 Most of the brass were once line staff who pranked their superiors.
2003 Smash Hits! 12 Nov. 34/1 Finally, have you pranked your annoying neighbours yet?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

prankv.4

Brit. /praŋk/, U.S. /præŋk/
Forms: 1500s–1600s pranck, 1500s–1600s prancke, 1500s–1600s pranke, 1500s– prank.
Origin: Of uncertain origin.
Etymology: Origin uncertain; compare Middle Dutch pronken , proncken to boast, to sulk, in early modern Dutch also to decorate, to show off (Dutch pronken ), Middle Low German prunken to boast, to show off, to dress up, to make a fuss ( > German prunken to show off (17th cent.)), and (apparently ultimately < the same base) Middle Low German prangen to show off, Middle High German brangen , prangen (German prangen ; perhaps < Middle Low German), all of uncertain origin. Compare also Middle Low German prank (inflected prang- ) (great) beauty, splendour. Compare prank adj. Compare also prank v.1, prink v.2, and discussion at those entries.
1.
a. transitive. To dress or deck in a smart, bright, or ostentatious manner; to decorate. Also reflexive: to dress oneself up; to make oneself look smart. Frequently with out or up.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautify the person [verb (reflexive)]
preenc1395
prunec1395
prank1546
to set oneself out to the life1604
adonize1611
briska1625
tight1775
to make up1778
tighten1786
smarten1796
pretty1868
tart1938
pansy1946
sharpen1952
primp1959
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautify [verb (transitive)] > ornament > trim or deck out
perfurnish1375
enflourish?a1400
varnish14..
perform1420
to pick outc1429
polish?1440
trimc1516
to set out1523
trick?1532
face1542
trick1545
prank1546
tricka1555
bawdefy1562
tickle1567
prink1573
finify1586
deck1587
decore1603
betrima1616
fangle1615
beprank1648
prim1688
to garnish outa1704
decorate1782
to do off1794
dizen1807
tricolatea1825
fal-lal1845
1546 J. Bale Actes Eng. Votaryes: 1st Pt. f. 18 Pranked vp with tabernacles and lyghtes.
1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 109 As willing..as you are to prancke your selues in a looking glasse.
1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie i. sig. G6 She..will be so pranked up on the Sundaies..that one..might easily mistake her for some noble Lady.
1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 257 Pranking up them~selves to allure their Paramours.
1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VI. ix. 31 Aunt Nell prank'd herself, stroked her ribbands of pink and yellow, and chuckled and mumped for joy.
1848 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. (rev. ed.) vii. ii. 387 All the burghers of New-Amsterdam with their wives and daughters, pranked out in their best attire.
1858 Harper's Mag. Dec. 81/2 All his occupation now was in dressing and pranking himself up in youthful attire to please the eyes of his new mistress.
1895 I. Zangwill Master ii. x The little village was prankt and rejuvenated.
1928 N. Shepherd Quarry Wood xii. 150 Dussie had pranked Luke out in a sailor suit, from which his inordinate length of neck and limb protruded grotesquely.
1987 R. Ellmann Oscar Wilde iv. 75 He was pranked out in a new coat even more astonishing than the yellow-brown one.
b. transitive. figurative. To dress up; to give a particular (misleading) appearance to; to embellish. In later use with out.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > present speciously [verb (transitive)] > improve appearance
paintc1390
set1540
daub1543
plaster1546
varnish1571
to gild over1574
adorn1589
parget1592
glaze1605
apparel1615
pranka1616
lustre1627
candidate1628
varnish1641
lacquer1688
whitewash1703
tinsel1748
duff1750
fineer1765
veneer1847
superficialize1851
gloss1879
window dress1913
beglamour1926
sportswash2012
a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iii. i. 24 They doe pranke them in Authoritie, Against all Noble sufferance. View more context for this quotation
1637 J. Milton Comus 26 Obtruding false rules pranckt in reasons garbe.
1746 W. Collins Odes 42 Science, prank'd in tissued Vest.
1972 F. Warner Lying Figures III. 21 You know what you are? Phoney. A slave to passion pranked out as reason.
2. intransitive. †To make an ostentatious display with; to show off; to behave ostentatiously, show. Also transitive with it. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > make ostentatious display or show off [verb (intransitive)]
brandishc1340
ruffle1484
braga1556
swash1556
flourish1563
flaunt1566
prank1567
prink1573
to shake, wag the feather1581
peacockize1598
air1605
display1608
to launch it out1608
flasha1616
to cut it out1619
flare1633
vapour1652
peacock1654
spark1676
to gallantrize it1693
bosh1709
glare1712
to cut a bosh1726
to show away1728
to figure away, off1749
parade1749
to cut a dashc1771
dash1786
to cut up1787
to cut a flash1795
to make, or cut, a splash1804
swank1809
to come out strong1825
to cut a spludge1831
to cut it (too) fat1836
pavonize1838
splurge1844
to do the grand1847
to cut a swath1848
to cut a splurge1860
to fan out1860
spread1860
skyre1871
fluster1876
to strut one's stuff1926
showboat1937
floss1938
style1968
1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) viii. f. 108 Her top that pranks with braunches so.
1575 T. Churchyard 1st Pt. Chippes f. 19 She wanne the loue of all the house, And pranckt it like a pretty mouse.
1612 B. Jonson Alchemist iv. vii. sig. K4v That Ruffe of pride..is the same With that, which the vncleane Birds, in seuenty-seuen, Were seene to pranke it with, on diuers coasts. View more context for this quotation
1649 tr. Warn. Jac. Beem xvi. 15 Wherewith I have not hitherto proudly prancked and vaunted.
1839 E. B. Barrett Romaunt of Page in M. R. Mitford Findens' Tableaux 1/2 Or, speak she fair or prank she gay, She is no lady of mine.
1867 M. Arnold Obermann once More i White houses prank where once were huts.
1955 S. H. Adams Grandfather Stories 299 How she will prank it over us other canal wives.
3. transitive. Esp. of flowers: to adorn; to make colourful; to brighten up with.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautify [verb (transitive)] > ornament
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1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. iv. 129 The least Flower that prancks Our Garden borders, or the common Banks.
1652 E. Benlowes Theophila xii. l. 225 When Opal-Colours prank the Orient Tulips Head.
1748 J. Thomson Castle of Indolence 2 A Season atween June and May, Half prankt with Spring, with Summer half imbrown'd.
1820 P. B. Shelley Sensitive Plant in Prometheus Unbound 159 The stream whose inconstant bosom Was prankt under boughs of embowering blossom, With golden and green light.
1880 L. Wallace Ben-Hur 200 The ground was pranked with the brightest blooms.
1944 E. Blunden Shells by Stream 7 Amid great trees green-lit or gloomed, and pranked with blue and russet wings.
1978 Times Lit. Suppl. 5 May 491/4 Heat lightning prowls, pranks the mountain horizon like memory.
4. transitive. figurative. To set like a gem. Only as past participle (cf. pranked adj.2). Obsolete. rare.
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1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna ix. i. 193 Poplars..whose shade did cover The waning stars prankt in the waters blue.
1822 P. B. Shelley Hellas 51 Around mountains and islands inviolably Prankt on the sapphire sea.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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