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单词 pranker
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prankern.1

Forms: 1500s–1600s 1800s pranker, 1600s prancker.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prank v.1, -er suffix1.
Etymology: < prank v.1 + -er suffix1. Compare earlier prancer n.
Obsolete. rare.
1.
a. cant. A horse; = prancer n. 2b.
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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.
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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.
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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

Brit. /ˈpraŋkə/, U.S. /ˈpræŋkər/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prank v.3, -er suffix1.
Etymology: < prank v.3 + -er suffix1.Apparently sometimes punning on wanker n.
Originally U.S.
= prankster n.
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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).
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