单词 | pranker |
释义 | † prankern.1 Obsolete. rare. 1. a. cant. A horse; = prancer n. 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > equus caballus or horse > [noun] horsec825 blonkOE brockc1000 mareOE stota1100 caplec1290 foala1300 rouncyc1300 scot1319 caballc1450 jade1553 chival1567 prancer1567 ball1570 pranker1591 roussin1602 wormly1606 cheval1609 sonipes1639 neigher1649 quadruped1660 keffel1699 prad1703 jig1706 hoss1815 cayuse1841 yarraman1848 quad1854 plug1860 bronco1869 gee-gee1869 quadrupedant1870 rabbit1882 gee1887 neddy1887 nanto1889 prod1891 goat1894 skin1918 bang-tail1921 horsy1923 steed- 1591 R. Greene Second Pt. Conny-catching sig. Av They..doe take an especiall..view where Prankers or horses be. b. A dancer. Cf. prancer n. 3. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > dancer generally > [noun] leapera1000 sailour?a1366 tripperc1380 dancerc1440 sallierc1440 hopperc1480 flinger?a1513 foot clapper1620 pranker1628 saltatorya1640 prancer1653 apache dancer1912 hoofer1923 rug-cutter1934 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [noun] > leap > leaping or prancing gambolling1525 curvetting1584 career1587 pranker1628 1628 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 3) iii. ii. v. iii. 515 If shee bee a noted reueller, a gadder, a singer, a pranker or a dancer, then take heed of her. 1886 G. H. Boughton in Harper's Mag. Dec. 24 One of the most abandoned of the prankers and myself..were tempted by cool shades of the fragrant wood to wander off. 2. A prancing action or pace. ΚΠ 1636 W. Sampson Vow Breaker v. i. I iij Have I practic'd my Reines, my Carree'res, my Pranckers, my Ambles, my false Trotts, my smooth Ambles, and Canterbury Paces. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). prankern.2 Originally U.S. = prankster n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > [noun] > practitioner japer1362 practiser1545 practitioner1560 amuser1583 fopper1659 hummer1763 prankster1811 hoaxer1814 puck1823 practical joker1830 pranking1852 card1853 leg-puller1887 kidder1888 pranker1890 codologist1897 spoofer1914 wind-up artist1984 1890 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Sentinel 15 Mar. It was pretty well out beyond Western Avenue, and the gay pranker pretended to be ignorant of the names of cross streets, and made this an excuse for speaking to the girls. 1923 Davenport (Iowa) Democrat & Leader 31 Oct. 11/2 Is the mysterious ‘pasty-faced’ man who has been annoying residents in the vicinity of Fifteenth and Main streets insane, or is he only a pre-Hallowe'en pranker? 1966 Daily Times-News (Burlington, N. Carolina) 16 June 1/8 Several inches of beer falls occasionally on the Red River Valley, according to the old rain gauge... Student prankers had been pouring beer into the gauge. 1996 Observer (Nexis) 15 Dec. 25 The party's Web site has..been invaded by an unreconstructed pranker. 2001 Irish Times (Nexis) 19 Feb. 54 Silly pranker... ‘It was a silly prank which I wish I hadn't done,’ the flasher admitted last week. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11591n.21890 |
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