Synonyms for prank
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1. prank

   Synonyms:
   caper, antic, capricious, action, frolic, trick, gambol, escapade, freak

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1. buffoonery, clowning, japery, frivolity, harlequinade, pranknoun

   acting like a clown or buffoon

   Synonyms:
   funniness, joke, trick, comedy, caper, drollery, bagatelle, buffoonery, put-on, frippery, antic, fluff, frivolity, harlequinade, frivolousness, japery, clowning

2. antic, joke, prank, trick, caper, put-onverb

   a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement

   Synonyms:
   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, conjuration

3. prankverb

   dress or decorate showily or gaudily

   "Roses were pranking the lawn"

4. prankverb

   dress up showily

   "He pranked himself out in his best clothes"

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1. • Adorn
   • Dress Up
   • Folly

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1. pranknoun

   Synonyms:
   caper, antic, trick, gambol, freak, vagary

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1. pranknoun

   Synonyms:
   trick, antic, frolic, caper

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1. List of paraphrases for "prank":

   joke, farce, hoax, stuffing, hazing, kidding, giggle

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How to use prank in a sentence?

1. Shannon Tonroy:

   We all actually kind of thought that this was their way of pranking us, you know, they, they, you know, the kids go in and prank them while they turn around and prank the kids. And that would have been absolutely fantastic, a great way to have dealt with it.

2. Darnell Hicks:

   I didnt think nothing of it [at first], i thought they were just playing games with me, like a prank.

3. Venus Williams:

   I think I'm just going to approach her like every other match I have been approaching. My routine has been working pretty well so that's how I'm going to go into the match, i like to look at prank videos on YouTube and listen to music. I love music that keeps me calm before matches, because obviously when you get out there there's a lot of nerves anyway. Yeah, I like to find my own space, put some relaxed music on.

4. Joe Fasula:

   Today was a very challenging day, while there is little doubt this woman was doing it as a very twisted prank, we will not take any chances with the health and well-being of our customers.

5. Hope Jay:

   It was a harmless senior prank that all of us parents knew 100% what was going on, they had planned as a group, you know, 40 students, which is half the senior class… to fork the field, which is putting plastic forks in the dirt.