prank
noun
a trick of an amusing, playful, or sometimes malicious nature.
pranked
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past participleof prank.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof prank.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
pranknouna trick of an amusing, playful, or sometimes malicious nature.
Example Sentences
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The iconic TV character, created for the BBC's former Noel's House Party show in the 1990s, tricked and pranked celebrities, destroyed studio sets and only spoke by screeching his name.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
Kido says they’ve never been on the receiving end of weird or gross trash—or even pranked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 1, 2026
One of them was Rita Skimehorn, the woman from Mascoutah, Illinois, who thought she was being pranked when Pizza Hut HR told her to pack her bags for the USSR.
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2025
Eliava, in contrast, was a mischievous charmer who pranked his friends, once dressing as a woman to flirt with d’Hérelle at a dinner party, and kept sketchy notes in the lab.
From Salon ● Nov. 20, 2024
Maybe they hadn’t pranked him first thing in the morning like most days.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
