Prank

//pɹæŋk//

Synonyms for "prank" (120 found)

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Closest matches (24)

antic adorn array beautify bedeck bedizen blazon buffoonery caper caprice color conceit dandify deck deck out decorate dizen

Noun(7 words)

caper trick antic buffoonery capriccio clowning curvet

Strong matches (36)

doll up dress dress up embellish emblazon embroider enrich escapade fancy fancy up fig out fix up fooling freak frivolity frolic furbish gambol garnish get up

Show 8 more words

giggle grace gussy up high jinks horseplay jape jest lark

Noun(8 words)

frivolity gag gambade game harlequinade high jinks japery joke

Related words (60)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

10 relation types

More general

31 entries

adorn attire beautify craziness deck out deck up decorate diversion dress up embellish fancy up fig out fig up folly foolery get up

Showing 16 of 31 words.

More specific

19 entries

52-card pickup April fool Chinese finger trap apple-pie bed black fax butter-slide ding-dong ditch invisible ink joy buzzer knock down ginger nipple cripple panty raid prank call purple nurple titty twister towel snap

Showing 16 of 19 words.

Synonyms

2 entries

antic buffoonery

Related terms

6 entries

bazinga call collect caller ID gotcha missed call phreak

derived

11 entries

prank call prankage prankee pranker prankful prankingly prankish prankless pranksome prankster pranky

etymologically related_to

3 entries

prance prink prong

has context

1 entries

slang

is a

3 entries

human activity joke performing

manner of

2 entries

decorate dress up

related to

8 entries

adorn deception deed gambol malicious mischievous practical joke trick

Translations

167 translations across 53 languages.

Afrikaans

3 entries

grap noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
poets noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
poets bak verb (perform a joke on)

Albanian

1 entries

rreng noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)

Arabic

2 entries

مَقْلَب noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
مَقْلَب noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)

Armenian

2 entries

օյին noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
գժվցնել verb (perform a joke on)

Azerbaijani

3 entries

dəcəllik noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
nadinclik noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
şuluqluq noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)

Basque

2 entries

bihurrikeria noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
deabrukeria noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)

Belarusian

4 entries

вы́брык noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
вы́хадка noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
жарт noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
пранк noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)

Bulgarian

4 entries

лудори́я noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
майта́п noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
шега́ noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
занасям verb (perform a joke on)

Catalan

1 entries

malifeta noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

惡作劇 /恶作剧 noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)

Czech

4 entries

fígl noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
kanadský žert noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
šprým noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
špás noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)

Dutch

2 entries

grap noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
streek noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)

Esperanto

2 entries

bubaĵo noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
petolo noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)

Estonian

2 entries

temp noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
vemp noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)

Finnish

4 entries

jekku noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
jäynä noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
kepponen noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
kolttonen noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)

French

2 entries

farce noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
tour noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)

Galician

4 entries

aduanada noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
falcatruada noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
falcatrúa noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
trasnada noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)

Georgian

1 entries

ოინი noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)

German

4 entries

Schabernack noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
Streich noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
veralbern verb (perform a joke on)
veräppeln verb (perform a joke on)

Greek

1 entries

φάρσα noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)

Hawaiian

1 entries

kēpuka noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)

Hebrew

1 entries

מְתִיחָה noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)

Hindi

1 entries

लंगराई noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)

Hungarian

4 entries

csíny noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
csínytevés noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
hecc noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
huncutság noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)

Icelandic

2 entries

hrekkur noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
hrekkja verb (perform a joke on)

Ingrian

1 entries

koirus noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)

Irish

1 entries

cleas noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)

Italian

4 entries

beffa noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
burla noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
scherzo meschino noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
vigliaccata noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)

Japanese

3 entries

どっきり noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
悪ふざけ noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
悪戯 noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)

Kabuverdianu

2 entries

txakóta noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
txokóta noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)

Korean

2 entries

농담 noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
장난 noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)

Latvian

2 entries

draiskulība noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
nerātnība noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)

Macedonian

4 entries

ма́јтап noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
ше́га noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
ма́јтапи verb (perform a joke on)
се ма́јтапи verb (perform a joke on)

Māori

2 entries

māminga noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
māminga verb (perform a joke on)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

ablegøyer noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

ablegøyer noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries

اویون noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
شقا noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
لطیفه noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
لطیفه ایتمك verb (perform a joke on)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Spos noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)

Polish

2 entries

figiel noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
kawał noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)

Portuguese

3 entries

pegadinha noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
travessura noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
trote noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)

Romanian

4 entries

farsă noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
poznă noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
păcăli verb (perform a joke on)
trage pe sfoară verb (perform a joke on)

Russian

4 entries

вы́ходка noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
пранк noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
проде́лка noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
прока́за noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

cleas noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

psine noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
psȉna noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
пси̏на noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
псине noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)

Slovak

4 entries

fígeľ noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
huncútstvo noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
špás noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
žart noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)

Slovene

2 entries

hec noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
šala noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)

Spanish

4 entries

broma noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
cabuleo noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
chacota noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
chafa noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)

Swedish

4 entries

bus noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
busstreck noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
hyss noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
spratt noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)

Thai

1 entries

กลอุบาย noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)

Turkish

3 entries

eşek şakası noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
muziplik noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
şaka noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)

Ukrainian

4 entries

ви́брик noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
жарт noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
пранк noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
ро́зіграш noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)

Vietnamese

2 entries

trò chơi khăm noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
chơi khăm verb (perform a joke on)

Welsh

4 entries

cast noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
cestyn noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
pranc noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)
rhosb noun (practical joke or mischievous trick)

Sample sentences

24 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Sarah was discerning enough to realize that her friends were trying to prank her.

Source: tatoeba (1916)

If you do such a prank again, you will hear from the owner.

Source: tatoeba (280963)

Mr. Suzuki is angry about Tom's prank.

Source: tatoeba (285247)

She complained about her boyfriend's prank.

Source: tatoeba (312163)

Showing 4 of 24 available sentences.

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