Prank

Definitions

1. A practical joke or mischievous trick.
2. An evil deed; a malicious trick, an act of cruel deception.
   obsolete

Equivalents

40 more languages

العربيةالمزحةمقلب

Беларускаяжарт

Българскишега́

Bosanskiburlabuščastgevermarifetpilapoznapsinašakaspačkaspasštosvragolijaвраголијапсинаспачкашалаштосшутка+ 16 more

Catalàmalifeta

Češtinafíglkanadský žertšpásšprýmžertovný+ 2 more

Cymraegcastprancrhosb

Ελληνικάζαβολιάφάρσα

Esperantopetolo

Euskarabihurrikeriadeabrukeria

Suomieljeelleskapiilvejäynäjekkukällikepponenkoirankujekolttonenkujemetkupila+ 9 more

Gaeilgecleas

Gàidhligaincheartcleas

Galegoaduanadachistefalcatrúafalcatruadatrasnada+ 2 more

ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻikēpuka

हिन्दीलंगराईहँसी-मज़ाक़

Hrvatskiburlabuščastgevermarifetpilapoznapsinašakaspačkaspasštosvragolijaвраголијапсинаспачкашалаштосшутка+ 16 more

Magyarcsínykópéság

Հայերենօյին

Bahasa Indonesiaolah

Íslenskahrekkur

Italianobeffaburlascherzo meschinovigliaccata+ 1 more

日本語どっきり悪ふざけ悪巫山戯悪戯戯れ言+ 2 more

ქართულიოინი

한국어농담장난

Kurdîbûskujemarîfetpilaspas+ 2 more

Latviešudraiskulībanerātnība

Македонскимајтапшега

Nederlandsgrapstreek

Polskifigielkawałkrotochwilapsikuspsota+ 2 more

Portuguêspegadinhatravessuratrote

RomânăfarsăPoznă

Русскийвыходкапранкпроделкапроказарозыгрышша́лостьшутка+ 4 more

Slovenčinafígeľ

Shqiprreng

Српскиburlabuščastgevermarifetpilapoznapsinašakaspačkaspasštosvragolijaвраголијапсинаспачкашалаштосшутка+ 16 more

Svenskabushyssodygdsprattstrecktilltag+ 3 more

ไทยกลอุบาย

Türkçeeşek şakasımarifetmuzipliksaka+ 1 more

Українськави́брикжартро́зіграшфіґель+ 1 more

Examples

“play⟳ a prank”

“pull⟳ a prank on someone”

“He pulled a gruesome prank on his sister.”

“His pranks have⟳ been too broad to bear⟳ with.”

“The harpies […] played their accustomed pranks.”

“She played a cruel prank on him.”

“Lilius Geraldus ſaith,that Hercules after all his mad prankes vpon his wife and children, was perfectly cured by a purge of Hellebor,which an Anticyrian adminiſtred vnto him.”

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