prank

Etymology
Origin. Perhaps from, probably from , , related to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, all from , , , from. Or, perhaps ultimately related to 🇨🇬, similar to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (loaned from Low German).

Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Sense of "mischievous act" from earlier verbal sense of "to be crafty or subtle, set in order, adjust". See also, ,.

Noun

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

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:joke

Translations

 * Afrikaans: poets, grap
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: مَقْلَب
 * Hijazi Arabic: مَقْلَب
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: şuluqluq, dəcəllik, nadinclik
 * Basque: bihurrikeria, deabrukeria
 * Belarusian: вы́брык, вы́хадка, сваво́льства, жарт, ро́зыгрыш, пранк
 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: kanadský žert, šprým,, fígl
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: bubaĵo
 * Estonian: ,
 * Finnish: ;, , , , ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician:, falcatrúa, falcatruada, aduanada
 * Georgian: ოინი
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hawaiian: kēpuka
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: लंगराई
 * Hungarian:, , , ,
 * Icelandic: hrekkur
 * Indonesian:
 * Ingrian: koirus
 * Irish: cleas
 * Italian:, , , scherzo meschino
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Kabuverdianu: txakóta, txokóta
 * Khmer:
 * Korean: ,
 * Latvian: draiskulība, nerātnība
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: ма́јтап, ше́га
 * Maori: māminga
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ablegøyer
 * Nynorsk: ablegøyer
 * Ottoman Turkish: اویون, شقا, لطیفه
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: Spos
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, , , , , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: cleas
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: пси̏на, псине, ша́ла
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: špás, fígeľ, žart, huncútstvo
 * Slovene:, hec
 * Spanish:, , , , chiquillada, gamberrada, jaimitada
 * Swedish:, , ,
 * Tamil:
 * Thai: กลอุบาย
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Ukrainian: ро́зіграш, жарт, фі́гель, ви́брик, пранк
 * Vietnamese: trò chơi khăm
 * Welsh: pranc,, cestyn, rhosb

Verb

 * 1)   To perform a practical joke on; to trick.
 * 2)   To make a prank call to (someone).
 * 3)   To call someone's phone and hang up before they answer, so as to send them a notification (of a missed call) without incurring fees.
 * 4)  To adorn in a showy manner; to dress or equip ostentatiously.
 * 5) * 1748, James Thomson, The Castle of Indolence, B:II
 * And there a Seaſon atween June and May,
 * Half prankt with Spring, with Summer half imbrown'd,
 * A liſtleſs Climate made, where, Sooth to ſay,
 * No living Wight could work, ne cared even for Play.
 * 1)  To make an ostentatious show.
 * And there a Seaſon atween June and May,
 * Half prankt with Spring, with Summer half imbrown'd,
 * A liſtleſs Climate made, where, Sooth to ſay,
 * No living Wight could work, ne cared even for Play.
 * 1)  To make an ostentatious show.
 * 1)  To make an ostentatious show.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: poets bak
 * Armenian: գժվցնել
 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * German: ,
 * Icelandic: hrekkja
 * Macedonian: се ма́јтапи, ма́јтапи
 * Maori: māminga
 * Romanian:, trage pe sfoară
 * Spanish:
 * Vietnamese:

Adjective

 * 1)  Full of gambols or tricks.

Noun

 * 1) prank