pranked; pranking
1
transitive
: to play a trick or prank on (someone)
… you feel shock, dismay, then anger as it dawns on you that you've been pranked …—
Lucius Shepard
Lucius ShepardOn the day of the ceremony, a stuntwoman pal, dressed to look like Swanson, kicked things off by pranking the audience and falling down a flight of stairs. (The crowd went from gasping to laughing once the ruse was revealed.)—Lorenzo Benet
Lorenzo Benet2
pranked; pranking; pranks
: to show oneself off
: to dress or adorn gaily or showily
Examples of prank in a Sentence
Noun
He enjoys playing pranks on his friends.
as a prank, several students managed to change all the classroom clocks to different times
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Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2025
Police responded to a 911 call at the home shortly after the incident, McGuire said, adding there was no indication the residents at the home knew about the prank.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Several shared how their own pets would have reacted if they were similarly pranked.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
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Noun
But Grant wasn’t Crowe’s only prank victim that evening.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2025
Police responded to a 911 call at the home shortly after the incident, McGuire said, adding there was no indication the residents at the home knew about the prank.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
Schumer first pranked Kardashian and her then-husband, Kanye West, at the 2015 Time 100 Gala.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Several shared how their own pets would have reacted if they were similarly pranked.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
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“Prank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prank. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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