Pranking

//ˈpɹæŋkɪŋ// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A showy adornment. archaic
  2. 2
    The playing of pranks or tricks; monkeyshines, didoes. archaic

    "So they have trooped forth to organize village down-and-outs and ne'er-do-wells into would-be combat units. If this is the case, then like most other collegiate prankings, the show has turned out to be both trite and puny, deceiving no one […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of prank form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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anticcapertrickadornanticarray

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"Spenser would not tell anyone his surreptitious plan to get back at his friends for pranking him."

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