pranky
Americanadjective
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inclined to play pranks.
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pertaining to or marked by pranks.
Etymology
Origin of pranky
Example Sentences
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But I would insist that this sequel to a cringey, pranky, 14-year-old classic is undeniably the most 2020 movie of all time.
From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2020
Donated by the eternally pranky Loser Mike Creveling.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 2, 2020
I saw this as a pranky noirish thriller, but Schrader turned it into, well, a Schrader film.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 2013
"You are a very pranky little sing," Mr. Cinatti said, flourishing the Westminster Gazette before her eyes, "and den you want us not to believe dat you wrote dis."
From The Petticoat Commando Boer Women in Secret Service by Johanna Brandt
The father of the bride, notwithstanding that Ignat was known even in Ural as a "pranky" man, gave him his daughter in marriage, and toward autumn Ignat Gordyeeff came home with a young Cossack-wife.
From The Man Who Was Afraid by Herman Bernstein
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