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Prank : (noun)
1: acting like a clown or buffoon [syn: buffoonery, clowning,
frivolity, harlequinade]
2: a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
[syn: antic, joke, trick, caper, put-on]
(verb)
1: dress or decorate showily or gaudily; "Roses were pranking
the lawn"
2: dress up showily; "He pranked himself out in his best
clothes"
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Prank : \Prank\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pranked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pranking.] [Cf. E. prink, also G. prangen, prunken, to
shine, to make a show, Dan. prange, prunke, Sw. prunka, D.
pronken.]
To adorn in a showy manner; to dress or equip ostentatiously;
-- often followed by up; as, to prank up the body. See
Prink.
In sumptuous tire she joyed herself to prank.
--Spenser.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Prank : \Prank\, v. i.
To make ostentatious show.
White houses prank where once were huts. --M. Arnold.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Prank : \Prank\, n.
A gay or sportive action; a ludicrous, merry, or mischievous
trick; a caper; a frolic. --Spenser.
The harpies . . . played their accustomed pranks. --Sir
W. Raleigh.
His pranks have been too broad to bear with. --Shak.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Prank : \Prank\, a.
Full of gambols or tricks. [Obs.]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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