prank
noun
a trick of an amusing, playful, or sometimes malicious nature.
pranking
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present participleof prank.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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In one scene it lingers for what struck me as an inexplicably, even discomfitingly long time on the handsome face of a young sociopath pranking a pair of little kids with small stones.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026
He and his best pal Chris Stark, who joined Radio 1 in 2012, were known for their real life, on-air bromance and for pranking each other.
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026
This further fouls up Didi’s holiday, though Cliff’s pranking of Conway may mark the moment when she falls in love.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025
“My friend sent me a video, and at first I thought she was pranking me,” the 20-year-old from Nashville told Slate—and not just because the concept of an “A.I. actress” is already baffling enough.
From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2025
And he told me, and I have to say, Alaska left us with the crown jewel of pranks, the Mona Lisa of high-school hilarity, the culmination of generations of Culver Creek pranking.
From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green
