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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024prank1 /præŋk/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- an amusing or playful trick:a silly schoolboy prank.
prank•ster, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024prank1 (prangk),USA pronunciation n. - a trick of an amusing, playful, or sometimes malicious nature.
- origin, originally uncertain 1520–30
caper, escapade, antic, shenanigan. prank2 (prangk),USA pronunciation v.t. - to dress or adorn in an ostentatious manner:They were all pranked out in their fanciest clothes.
v.i. - to make an ostentatious show or display.
- akin to Dutch pronken to show off, strut, pronk show, finery, Middle Low German prank pomp 1540–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: prank /præŋk/ n - a mischievous trick or joke, esp one in which something is done rather than said
Etymology: 16th Century: of unknown originˈprankish adj prank /præŋk/ vb - (transitive) to dress or decorate showily or gaudily
- (intransitive) to make an ostentatious display
Etymology: 16th Century: from Middle Dutch pronken; related to German Prunk splendour, prangen to be in full splendour |