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🎸 A punk music fan 😏 A prankster 🧑‍🎤 A rebellious youth
punker

punker

9.1
A person who plays tricks to embarrass or fool other people
  • noun
  • /ˈpʌŋkər/
  • Slang
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  • After being fooled by the punker, everyone laughed at the harmless prank.

Examples

  • That punker pulled a hilarious prank on his friends.

  • No one wanted to sit next to the punker because of his constant tricks.

  • The punker hid everyone's shoes as a joke during the sleepover.

  • What a funny punker!

  • The punker played a clever trick that left everyone in fits of laughter.

  • As a notorious punker, he was always coming up with new pranks to share with his friends.

  • Everyone knew the punker was behind the prank of hiding the teacher's desk items.

Synonyms

prankster
vspunker
24 4.1

A person who plays tricks on people to make them laugh

aims to embarrass or fool people rather than only entertain
trickster
vspunker
20 6.0

A person who lies to or cheats others, often to have fun

focuses on embarrassing or fooling others rather than seeking advantage
cutup
vspunker
  • Informal
4 6.9

A person who acts silly to make others laugh

focuses on causing embarrassment or fooling people rather than mere laughter
practical joker
vspunker
4 3.9

A person who plays funny tricks on other people

aims to embarrass or fool people rather than only to amuse
cut-up
vspunker
  • Archaic
3 7.8

A person who acts silly to make others laugh

is more about embarrassing or tricking people than simple silliness
tricker
vspunker
8.7

A person who plays tricks on other people

aims to embarrass or fool people rather than just amuse them

How Hurtful

tormentor
  • NSFW
12 7.9
bully
  • Offensive
301 3.2
punker
  • Slang
9.1
prankster
24 4.1
joker
35 2.4

Surface Forms

punker singular
punkers plural

Morphology

punker = punk (semi-transparent) = punk + er

The agentive suffix is regular, but the verb 'punk' is slangy and the sense is less predictable for many learners.

Etymology

Punker can also mean a prankster because punk was used for a 'naughty, trick-making young person', and adding -er makes it 'someone who does that', which is why a punker can be someone who plays practical jokes.