Definition of Prank

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Definition of Prank

Prank

To adorn in a showy manner; to dress or equip ostentatiously; -- often followed by up; as, to prank up the body. See Prink.

To make ostentatious show.

A gay or sportive action; a ludicrous, merry, or mischievous trick; a caper; a frolic.

Full of gambols or tricks.

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Prank Quotations

In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book: the prank of a page- boy, the blunder of a servant, a bit of table talk - they are all part of the curriculum.
Michel de Montaigne

The main prank that we play with props is for people's birthdays. The special effects people will put a little explosive in the cake so it blows up in their face - that's always fun to play on a guest star, or one of the trainees or someone who's new.
Catherine Bell

Ulysses, obviously. It was an elaborate prank, and our supposed intellectual elite continue to fall for it.
Orson Scott Card

Prank Translations

prank in German is Possen
prank in Spanish is travesura

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