英语词汇“prank”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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Pretending to be someone else on the phone or putting a whoopee cushion on someone's chair are two very old types of a prank, or practical joke, played at someone else's expense.

There are many kinds of pranks in the world. If you called a friend and said you were the police, that would be a prank phone call. Some pranks can be mean and even dangerous, while others are silly. Some people prank their friends, while others prank people they dislike. Some people never outgrow the need to pull a good prank. A less common meaning of prank is to dress up in a showy or silly way.

WORD FAMILY

prank: pranked, pranking, prankish, pranks, prankster+/prankish: prankishly, prankishness/prankster: pranksters

USAGE EXAMPLES

Officer Garcia said that he did not find the prank funny, and that the suspect was believed to be a man.

New York Times(Jan 01, 2017)

Pitch 2 was an anemic office prank: a woman surprised by a screen saver of a camel.

New York Times(Dec 27, 2016)

There are several black children in Ralphie’s elementary school classroom and, like their white peers, they participate in pulling a prank on their teacher.

Salon(Dec 24, 2016)

n a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

antic, caper, joke, put-on, trick

dirty trick

an unkind or aggressive trick

practical joke

a prank or trick played on a person (especially one intended to make the victim appear foolish)

April fool

a practical joke or trick played on the first day of April

hotfoot

a practical joke that involves inserting a match surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe and then lighting it

rag

a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students)

snipe hunt

an elaborate practical joke in which the unsuspecting victim hunts a snipe and is typically left in the dark holding a bag and waiting for the snipe to run into it

diversion, recreation

an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates

1v dress or decorate showily or gaudily

Roses were pranking the lawn

Hyper

adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament

make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.

2v dress up showily

He pranked himself out in his best clothes

Hyper

attire, deck out, deck up, dress up, fancy up, fig out, fig up, get up, gussy up, overdress, prink, rig out, tog out, tog up, trick out, trick up

put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive

3n acting like a clown or buffoon

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

buffoonery, clowning, frivolity, harlequinade, japery

schtick, schtik, shtick, shtik

(Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning

craziness, folly, foolery, indulgence, lunacy, tomfoolery

foolish or senseless behavior

单词	prank
释义	prank (once / 1601 pages) 1n 2vn Pretending to be someone else on the phone or putting a whoopee cushion on someone's chair are two very old types of a prank, or practical joke, played at someone else's expense. There are many kinds of pranks in the world. If you called a friend and said you were the police, that would be a prank phone call. Some pranks can be mean and even dangerous, while others are silly. Some people prank their friends, while others prank people they dislike. Some people never outgrow the need to pull a good prank. A less common meaning of prank is to dress up in a showy or silly way. WORD FAMILY prank: pranked, pranking, prankish, pranks, prankster+/prankish: prankishly, prankishness/prankster: pranksters USAGE EXAMPLES Officer Garcia said that he did not find the prank funny, and that the suspect was believed to be a man. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) Pitch 2 was an anemic office prank: a woman surprised by a screen saver of a camel. New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) There are several black children in Ralphie’s elementary school classroom and, like their white peers, they participate in pulling a prank on their teacher. Salon(Dec 24, 2016) 1 n a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper antic, caper, joke, put-on, trick dirty trick an unkind or aggressive trick practical joke a prank or trick played on a person (especially one intended to make the victim appear foolish) April fool a practical joke or trick played on the first day of April hotfoot a practical joke that involves inserting a match surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe and then lighting it rag a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students) snipe hunt an elaborate practical joke in which the unsuspecting victim hunts a snipe and is typically left in the dark holding a bag and waiting for the snipe to run into it diversion, recreation an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates 2 1v dress or decorate showily or gaudily Roses were pranking the lawn Hyper adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc. 2v dress up showily He pranked himself out in his best clothes Hyper attire, deck out, deck up, dress up, fancy up, fig out, fig up, get up, gussy up, overdress, prink, rig out, tog out, tog up, trick out, trick up put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive 3n acting like a clown or buffoon Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper buffoonery, clowning, frivolity, harlequinade, japery schtick, schtik, shtick, shtik (Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning craziness, folly, foolery, indulgence, lunacy, tomfoolery foolish or senseless behavior
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