prank
noun/præŋk/
/præŋk/
- a trick that is played on somebody as a joke
- a childish prank
- The incident was a prank that went wrong.
- a prank call/phone call
- a silly/stupid prank
Oxford Collocations DictionaryPrank is used before these nouns:- call
Word Originearly 16th cent. (denoting a wicked deed): of unknown origin.Definitions on the go
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