What are some alternative words for prank?
Synonyms for prank
præŋk
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Princeton's WordNet
buffoonery, clowning, japery, frivolity, harlequinade, prank(noun)
acting like a clown or buffoon
Synonyms:
funniness, joke, trick, comedy, caper, drollery, bagatelle, buffoonery, put-on, frippery, antic, fluff, frivolity, harlequinade, frivolousness, japery, clowningantic, joke, prank, trick, caper, put-on(verb)
a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
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pasquinade, put-on, thaumaturgy, gag, john, sendup, deception, legerdemain, magic trick, parody, job, jest, capriole, fraud, whoremaster, clowning, takeoff, caper, mockery, humbug, charade, frivolity, jape, jocularity, play, joke, buffoonery, romp, fraudulence, fast one, dupery, trick, illusion, magic, lampoon, harlequinade, antic, hoax, travesty, whoremonger, laugh, gambol, frolic, burlesque, spoof, conjuring trick, japery, conjurationprank(verb)
dress or decorate showily or gaudily
"Roses were pranking the lawn"
prank(verb)
dress up showily
"He pranked himself out in his best clothes"
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#372 | john | |
#429 | job | |
#473 | action | |
#516 | play | |
#2205 | magic | |
#3313 | comedy | |
#4480 | fraud | |
#6263 | laugh | |
#6675 | joke | |
#7167 | trick | |
#11745 | freak | |
#12429 | gag | |
#13078 | illusion | |
#14981 | kidding | |
#15524 | deception | |
#18520 | parody | |
#18916 | stuffing | |
#22497 | hoax | |
#27783 | spoof | |
#28571 | jest | |
#29414 | prank | |
#29630 | fluff | |
#31534 | giggle | |
#31654 | farce | |
#33962 | takeoff | |
#37211 | romp | |
#40207 | caper | |
#40443 | mockery | |
#44008 | lampoon | |
#45715 | capricious | |
#47210 | burlesque | |
#47257 | charade | |
#50882 | humbug | |
#52681 | hazing | |
#54297 | frolic | |
#56153 | travesty | |
#64564 | escapade | |
#77180 | clowning | |
#79626 | antic | |
#94857 | frivolity | |
#111042 | bagatelle | |
#115961 | conjuration | |
#162714 | legerdemain | |
#169267 | buffoonery | |
#172788 | gambol | |
#201381 | jape | |
#233386 | jocularity | |
#273287 | drollery | |
#314702 | capriole | |
#323539 | fraudulence |
How to use prank in a sentence?
Most people have such a selfish mind that they can't even find the kind heart enshrined in own soul, so obviously often take ‘COMPLAINT’ made against them by others in prank as own ‘COMPLIMENT ‘only.
As a black student who has witnessed racist incidents first-hand around Manhattan this hurts the credibility of students who actually want to step out and say something about it, i ’m not sure what type of human being does this kind of thing as a prank.
Kyle Plush parents do it how Kyle Plush parents did it in the old days, write it down on an index card and the card is handed to someone somehow sending the person dispatching on that channel, he said. Plush suffocated after he became trapped under the third-row seat that flipped and pinned him while he was trying to reach his tennis equipment. The teenager told 911 operators where he was located, but authorities were not able to find him. A deputy sent to the scene soon after called in to report that he could n’t find anyone trapped in a van, and questioned if the call had been a prank. 911 DISPATCHER WHO ANSWERED CALL FROM BOY CRUSHED BY MINIVAN SEAT COMPLAINED ABOUT JOB DAYS BEFORE INCIDENT Police said Amber Smith, the 911 operator who answered Plush’s second call, failed to relay information to the additional officers who were at the scene. During the call, Plush explained to Smith the call was not a joke. I am trapped inside my gold Honda Odyssey van in the parking lot of the Seven Hills... Send officers immediately, Plush pleaded. I ’m almost dead.
I didnt think nothing of it [at first], i thought they were just playing games with me, like a prank.
If it was a prank, why did you smear not only on his face or on his eyelids, but also in the eye itself?
Translations for prank
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- مَقْلَبُArabic
- šprým, špás, kanadský žertCzech
- spilopperDanish
- Streich, SchabernackGerman
- φάρσαGreek
- bubaĵoEsperanto
- broma, inocentada, travesura, jugarretaSpanish
- temp, vempEstonian
- kepponen, elkeetFinnish
- farce, tourFrench
- prankIrish
- cleasScottish Gaelic
- מְתִיחָהHebrew
- csínytevés, kópéság, huncutságHungarian
- օյինArmenian
- burla, scherzo meschino, beffa, vigliaccataItalian
- מעשה קונדסHebrew
- 悪ふざけ, いたずらJapanese
- ოინიGeorgian
- 농담, 弄談, 장난, 作亂Korean
- LUDUSLatin
- мајтапMacedonian
- streek, grapDutch
- ablegøyerNorwegian Nynorsk
- ablegøyerNorwegian
- trote, travessuraPortuguese
- проказа, шалость, выходка, проделка, шуткаRussian
- псине, psȉna, psine, пси̏наSerbo-Croatian
- hyss, streck, busstreck, busSwedish
- กลอุบายThai
- muziplikTurkish
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