nnoun.actacting like a clown or buffoonSynset:buffoonery clowning frivolity harlequinade japery
Derivationally Related Form:frivolousclown
Hypernyms:craziness folly foolery indulgence lunacy tomfoolery
Inherited Hypernyms:buffooneryfollyplaydiversionactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:schtickschtikshtickshtik
nnoun.acta ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusementSynset:antic caper joke put-on trick
Derivationally Related Form:tricksteranticpranksterjokester
Hypernyms:diversion recreation
Inherited Hypernyms:anticdiversionactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:dirty trickpractical joke
Full Hyponyms:april fooldirty trickhotfootpractical jokeragsnipe hunt
vverb.creationdress or decorate showily or gaudilyExamples:- Roses were pranking the lawn
Hypernyms:adorn beautify decorate embellish grace ornament
Inherited Hypernyms:prankdecoratechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.bodydress up showilyExamples:- He pranked himself out in his best clothes
Hypernyms: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
Inherited Hypernyms:prankoverdressdresschange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody