prank
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Is prank a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (obsolete) An evil deed; a malicious trick, an act of cruel deception.Examples: "She played a cruel prank on him."; "Lilius Geraldus ſaith,that Hercules after all his mad prankes vpon his wife and children, was perfectly cured by a purge of Hellebor,which an Anticyrian adminiſtred vnto him."obsolete
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To perform a practical joke on; to trick and make a fool of someone.Examples: "“If someone’s pranking me,” Rowlands remembered thinking, “they’re going to great lengths to make it work.”"transitive
2. (transitive) To perform a practical joke on; to trick and make a fool of someone.transitive
3. (transitive, slang) To call someone's phone and hang up before they answer, so as to send them a notification (of a missed call) without incurring fees.Examples: "Hey man, prank me when you wanna get picked up."; "I don't have your number in my phone; can you prank me?"Synonyms: missed call#Verbslangtransitive
4. (transitive, archaic) To adorn in a showy manner; to dress or equip ostentatiously.Examples: "In sumptuous tire she ioyd her selfe to prancke"; "1748, James Thomson, The Castle of Indolence, B:II And there a Seaſon atween June and May, Half prankt with Spring, with Summer half imbrown'd, A liſtleſs Climate made, where, Sooth to ſay, No living Wight could work, ne cared even for Play."; "Flora, wanton-eyed For birth, and with all flowrets prankt and pied:"archaictransitive
5. (intransitive) To make an ostentatious show.Examples: "White houses prank where once were huts."intransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary