prankish

[ prang-kish ]

/ ˈpræŋ kɪʃ /

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adjective

of the nature of a prank: a prankish plan.

full of pranks; playful: a prankish child; a prankish kitten.

Origin of prankish

First recorded in 1820–30; prank¹ + -ish¹

OTHER WORDS FROM prankish

prank·ish·ly, adverbprank·ish·ness, noun

Words nearby prankish

Prandtl, Prandtl number, prang, pranidhana, prank, prankish, prankster, pranky, prao, Prasad, prase

Example sentences from the Web for prankish

Incomplete as it may be: youthful and prankish as some of it is, the thought and manner of the time are imaged there.
Studies of Contemporary Poets|Mary C. Sturgeon
She chides them for their duplicity, then extols them for their prankish playfulness.
The Vitalized School|Francis B. Pearson
That was all, but Peggy knew that it would serve its prankish purpose.
The Girl Aviators' Sky Cruise|Margaret Burnham
The prankish action of the ghosts in cutting the pockets out of trousers.
The Roycroft Dictionary|Elbert Hubbard

The wind, with a prankish flurry, flapped the flying newspaper against the face of the skittish bay.
Whirligigs|O. Henry