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noun
a trick of an amusing, playful, or sometimes malicious nature.
Origin:
1520–30; origin uncertain
1520–30; origin uncertain
Synonyms
caper, escapade, antic, shenanigan.
caper, escapade, antic, shenanigan.
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Prank
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Example Sentences
- He told fire officials at the time that the call had been a prank and that he knew who had made it.
- The tragic result of this simple prank has made us so emotional and our irrational thinking is driven by anger.
- The authorities said they did not know whether the switch was a prank or part of an escape attempt.
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verb (used with object)
1.
to dress or adorn in an ostentatious manner: They were all pranked out in their fanciest clothes.
verb (used without object)
2.
to make an ostentatious show or display.
Origin:
1540–50; akin to Dutch pronken to show off, strut, pronk show, finery, Middle Low German prank pomp
1540–50; akin to Dutch pronken to show off, strut, pronk show, finery, Middle Low German prank pomp
Related forms
un·pranked, adjective
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Word Origin & History
prank
"a trick," 1529, of uncertain origin, perhaps related to obsolete prank "decorate, dress up," from M.L.G. prank "display" (cf. also Du. pronken, Ger. prunken "to make a show, to strut"). Prankster is Amer.Eng., attested from 1927.
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