prankster
- noun
- /ˈpræŋkstər/
- The group of pranksters enjoyed surprising their classmates with funny tricks every April Fool's Day.
With me are two crazy pranksters, Tommy and Damien.
- With me are two crazy pranksters, Tommy and Damien.
- So their roots are coming from, you know, typical horrible YouTube pranksters.
- And his reputation as a childhood prankster.
- And I'm just want to use your show to wave the white flag and tell Clooney that I surrender because he's the master prankster.
- So the other person in the scene thinks this is the worst day of their life and it's a high wire because you've one take we I'm not a natural prankster.
- Merkel, in a call with pranksters where somebody pretended to be a president and and Merkel fell for it, said that the MINX agreement bought Ukraine valuable time.
- We are we are pranksters, but somehow the strings.
- He's a content creator, prankster, He's an entrepreneur.
- So is I guess pranksters a bit beneath you.
Examples
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Who among us never knew Ernest the prankster?
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This guy's a prankster.
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Could it be the same prankster who had smashed our window last night?
Fiction book (1993) -
I swear I'll never call myself the ultimate prankster again.
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Apparently, the handsome prankster had always been rather lively.
Academic text (1996) -
Must be the pranksters, you know how kids are.
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A family full of pranksters who liked to play hide-and-seek, and I was always "it."
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Such a little prankster.
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With me are two crazy pranksters, Tommy and Damien.
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He's a content creator, prankster, He's an entrepreneur.
Synonyms
A person who lies to or cheats others, often to have fun
A person who jokes and teases others to make them laugh
A person who often makes other people laugh
A person who acts silly to make others laugh
A person who plays funny tricks on other people
A person who tricks people into believing something false for fun or attention
A person who acts silly to make others laugh
A person who causes small trouble by playing tricks or starting gossip
A person who makes jokes to make others laugh
A person who tricks or cheats people, often as a joke
A person who plays tricks on other people
A person in a group who often makes others laugh with funny stories or actions
A person who likes to make jokes or play small tricks to have fun
A person who plays tricks to embarrass or fool other people
How Mischievous
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word prankster comes from prank, a word for a 'playful trick', plus the ending -ster, which means 'a person who does something', as in youngster. So a prankster is someone who does playful tricks, which is why it means 'a person who plays practical jokes'.