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Translations</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="#Verb">1.4 Verb</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-9"><a href="#Descendants">1.4.1 Descendants</a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-10"><a href="#Translations_2">1.4.2 Translations</a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-11"><a href="#See_also">1.4.3 See also</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12"><a href="#Adjective">1.5 Adjective</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13"><a href="#References">1.6 References</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-14"><a href="#Danish">2 Danish</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-15"><a href="#Noun_2">2.1 Noun</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="English">English</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=prank&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: English">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology">Etymology</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=prank&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Etymology">edit</a>]</div> Origin uncertain. Perhaps from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_English" class="extiw" title="w:Middle English">Middle English</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=pranken&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="pranken (page does not exist)">pranken</a> (“to adorn, arrange one's attire”), probably from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Dutch" class="extiw" title="w:Middle Dutch">Middle Dutch</a> <a href="/wiki/pronken#Middle_Dutch" title="pronken">pronken</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=proncken&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="proncken (page does not exist)">proncken</a> (“to flaunt, make a show, arrange one's attire”), related to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language" class="extiw" title="w:German language">German</a> <a href="/wiki/prangen#German" title="prangen">prangen</a> (“to make a show, be resplendent”), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_language" class="extiw" title="w:Dutch language">Dutch</a> <a href="/wiki/prangen#Dutch" title="prangen">prangen</a> (“to squeeze, press”), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_language" class="extiw" title="w:Danish language">Danish</a> <a href="/wiki/pragt#Danish" title="pragt">pragt</a> (“pomp, splendor”), all from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Germanic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic</a> <a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/prangan%C4%85" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/pranganą">*pranganą</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/prangijan%C4%85&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/prangijaną (page does not exist)">*prangijaną</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/prag-&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/prag- (page does not exist)">*prag-</a> (“to press, squeeze, thring”), from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Indo-European language">Proto-Indo-European</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/brAngh-&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/brAngh- (page does not exist)">*brAngh-</a> (“to press, squeeze”). Or, perhaps ultimately related to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Germanic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic</a> <a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brahtaz" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brahtaz">*brahtaz</a>, similar to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_language" class="extiw" title="w:Dutch language">Dutch</a> <a href="/wiki/pracht#Dutch" title="pracht">pracht</a> (“splendor”), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_language" class="extiw" title="w:Swedish language">Swedish</a> <a href="/wiki/prakt#Swedish" title="prakt">prakt</a> (“glory, pomp”) (loaned from Low German).<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a> Cognate with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Low_German" class="extiw" title="w:Middle Low German">Middle Low German</a> <a href="/wiki/prunken#Middle_Low_German" title="prunken">prunken</a> (“to flaunt”), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language" class="extiw" title="w:German language">German</a> <a href="/wiki/prunken#German" title="prunken">prunken</a> (“to flaunt”), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_language" class="extiw" title="w:Danish language">Danish</a> <a href="/wiki/prunke#Danish" title="prunke">prunke</a> (“to make a show, prank”). Sense of "mischievous act" from earlier verbal sense of "to be crafty or subtle, set in order, adjust". See also <a href="/wiki/prink#English" title="prink">prink</a>, <a href="/wiki/prance#English" title="prance">prance</a>, <a href="/wiki/prong#English" title="prong">prong</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=prank&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Pronunciation">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">enPR</a>: prăngk, <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>): /pɹæŋk/</li> <li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r50165410">.mw-parser-output .k-player .k-attribution{visibility:hidden}</style><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_English_phonology" class="extiw" title="w:Australian English phonology">General Australian</a>):</td><td class="audiofile"><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="1" data-mwtitle="En-au-prank.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4e/En-au-prank.ogg/En-au-prank.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/En-au-prank.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:En-au-prank.ogg" title="File:En-au-prank.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/wiki/Rhymes:English/%C3%A6%C5%8Bk" title="Rhymes:English/æŋk">-æŋk</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun">Noun</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=prank&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Noun">edit</a>]</div> prank (plural <a href="/wiki/pranks#English" title="pranks">pranks</a>) <ol><li>A <a href="/wiki/practical_joke" title="practical joke">practical joke</a> or <a href="/wiki/mischievous" title="mischievous">mischievous</a> <a href="/wiki/trick" title="trick">trick</a>. <dl><dd>play a prank</dd> <dd>pull a prank on someone</dd> <dd><div class="h-usage-example">He pulled a gruesome prank on his sister.</div></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#c." title="Appendix:Glossary"><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr></a> 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamlet" class="extiw" title="w:Hamlet">The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke</a>”, in <cite>Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […]</cite> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Folio" class="extiw" title="w:First Folio">First Folio</a>), London: […] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jaggard" class="extiw" title="w:William Jaggard">Isaac Iaggard</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Blount" class="extiw" title="w:Edward Blount">Ed[ward] Blount</a>, published 1623, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/606515358">→OCLC</a>, [Act III, scene iv]:<dl><dd><div class="h-quotation">His pranks have been too broad to bear with.</div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole">1614, Walter Ralegh [i.e., <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Raleigh" class="extiw" title="w:Walter Raleigh">Walter Raleigh</a>], <cite>The Historie of the World [<span title="in Five Bookes. 1. In Treating of the Beginning and First Ages of the Same, from the Creation unto Abraham. 2. Of the Times from the Birth of Abraham, to the Destruction of the Temple of Salomon. 3. From the Destruction of Jerusalem, to the Time of Philip of Macedon. 4. From the Reigne of Philip of Macedon, to the Establishing of that Kingdome, in the Race of Antigonus. 5. From the Settled Rule of Alexanders Successors in the East, untill the Romans (Prevailing over All) Made Conquest of Asia and Macedon.">…]</cite>, London: […] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stansby" class="extiw" title="w:William Stansby">William Stansby</a> for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Burre" class="extiw" title="w:Walter Burre">Walter Burre</a>, […], <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/37026674">→OCLC</a>, (please specify |book=1 to 5):<dl><dd><div class="h-quotation">The harpies […] played their accustomed pranks.</div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#obsolete" title="Appendix:Glossary">obsolete</a>) An evil <a href="/wiki/deed" title="deed">deed</a>; a <a href="/wiki/malicious" title="malicious">malicious</a> trick, an act of cruel <a href="/wiki/deception" title="deception">deception</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole">1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Burton_(scholar)" class="extiw" title="w:Robert Burton (scholar)">Robert Burton</a>], “Simples purging melancholy downeward”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Anatomy_of_Melancholy" class="extiw" title="w:The Anatomy of Melancholy">The Anatomy of Melancholy: [<span title="What It Is. With All the Kindes, Causes, Symptomes, Prognosticks, and Seuerall Cures of It. In Three Maine Partitions, with Their Seuerall Sections, Members, and Subsections. Philosophically, Medicinally, Historically Opened and Cut Up, by Democritus Junior, with a Satyricall Preface, Conducing to the Following Discourse.">…]</a></cite>, 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/54573970">→OCLC</a>, partition 2, section 4, member 2, subsection 2, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/2319035R.nlm.nih.gov/2319035R#page/n387/mode/2up">page 311</a>:<dl><dd><div class="h-quotation">Lilius Geraldus ſaith,that Hercules after all his mad prankes vpon his wife and children, was perfectly cured by a purge of Hellebor,which an Anticyrian adminiſtred vnto him.</div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Synonyms">Synonyms</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=prank&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Synonyms">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>See also <a href="/wiki/Thesaurus:joke" title="Thesaurus:joke">Thesaurus:joke</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=prank&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Derived terms">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/prank_call#English" title="prank call">prank call</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/pranker#English" title="pranker">pranker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/prankful#English" title="prankful">prankful</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/prankish#English" title="prankish">prankish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/prankless#English" title="prankless">prankless</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/pranksome#English" title="pranksome">pranksome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/prankster#English" title="prankster">prankster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/pranky#English" title="pranky">pranky</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Translations">Translations</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=prank&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Translations">edit</a>]</div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-practical_joke_or_mischievous_trick"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">practical joke or mischievous trick</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="practical joke or mischievous trick"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81584270">.mw-parser-output .translations{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>Afrikaans: <a href="/wiki/poets#Afrikaans" title="poets">poets</a>, <a href="/wiki/grap#Afrikaans" title="grap">grap</a></li> <li>Albanian: <a href="/wiki/rreng#Albanian" title="rreng">rreng</a> <a href="https://sq.wiktionary.org/wiki/rreng" class="extiw" title="sq:rreng">(sq)</a></li> <li>Arabic: <a href="/wiki/%D9%85%D9%82%D9%84%D8%A8#Arabic" title="مقلب">مَقْلَب</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (maqlab) <dl><dd>Hijazi Arabic: <a href="/wiki/%D9%85%D9%82%D9%84%D8%A8#Hijazi_Arabic" title="مقلب">مَقْلَب</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (maglab)</dd></dl></li> <li>Armenian: (dialectal) <a href="/wiki/%D6%85%D5%B5%D5%AB%D5%B6#Armenian" title="օյին">օյին</a> <a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D6%85%D5%B5%D5%AB%D5%B6" class="extiw" title="hy:օյին">(hy)</a> (ōyin)</li> <li>Azerbaijani: <a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%9Fuluqluq&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="şuluqluq (page does not exist)">şuluqluq</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=d%C9%99c%C9%99llik&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="dəcəllik (page does not exist)">dəcəllik</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=nadinclik&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="nadinclik (page does not exist)">nadinclik</a></li> <li>Basque: <a href="/w/index.php?title=bihurrikeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="bihurrikeria (page does not exist)">bihurrikeria</a>, <a href="/wiki/deabrukeria#Basque" title="deabrukeria">deabrukeria</a></li> <li>Belarusian: <a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B1%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BA&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="выбрык (page does not exist)">вы́брык</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (výbryk), <a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%B2%D1%8B%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BA%D0%B0&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="выхадка (page does not exist)">вы́хадка</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (výxadka), <a href="/w/index.php?title=%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="свавольства (page does not exist)">сваво́льства</a> <abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr> (svavólʹstva), <a href="/wiki/%D0%B6%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82#Belarusian" title="жарт">жарт</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (žart), <a href="/wiki/%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%B3%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%88#Belarusian" title="розыгрыш">ро́зыгрыш</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (rózyhryš), <a href="/wiki/%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA#Belarusian" title="пранк">пранк</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (prank)</li> <li>Bulgarian: <a href="/wiki/%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B0#Bulgarian" title="шега">шега́</a> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B0" class="extiw" title="bg:шега">(bg)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (šegá), <a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="лудория (page does not exist)">лудори́я</a> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F" class="extiw" title="bg:лудория">(bg)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (ludoríja), <a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="майтап (page does not exist)">майта́п</a> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BF" class="extiw" title="bg:майтап">(bg)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (majtáp)</li> <li>Burmese: please add this translation if you can</li> <li>Catalan: <a href="/wiki/malifeta#Catalan" title="malifeta">malifeta</a> <a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/malifeta" class="extiw" title="ca:malifeta">(ca)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Mandarin: <a href="/wiki/%E6%83%A1%E4%BD%9C%E5%8A%87#Mandarin" title="惡作劇">惡作劇</a>／<a href="/wiki/%E6%81%B6%E4%BD%9C%E5%89%A7#Mandarin" title="恶作剧">恶作剧</a> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%83%A1%E4%BD%9C%E5%8A%87" class="extiw" title="zh:惡作劇">(zh)</a> (èzuòjù)</dd></dl></li> <li>Czech: <a href="/wiki/kanadsk%C3%BD_%C5%BEert#Czech" title="kanadský žert">kanadský žert</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/%C5%A1pr%C3%BDm#Czech" title="šprým">šprým</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/%C5%A1p%C3%A1s#Czech" title="špás">špás</a> <a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C5%A1p%C3%A1s" class="extiw" title="cs:špás">(cs)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/f%C3%ADgl#Czech" title="fígl">fígl</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Dutch: <a href="/wiki/streek#Dutch" title="streek">streek</a> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/streek" class="extiw" title="nl:streek">(nl)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/grap#Dutch" title="grap">grap</a> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/grap" class="extiw" title="nl:grap">(nl)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Esperanto: <a href="/w/index.php?title=buba%C4%B5o&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="bubaĵo (page does not exist)">bubaĵo</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=petolo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="petolo (page does not exist)">petolo</a></li> <li>Estonian: <a href="/wiki/temp#Estonian" title="temp">temp</a> <a href="https://et.wiktionary.org/wiki/temp" class="extiw" title="et:temp">(et)</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=vemp&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="vemp (page does not exist)">vemp</a> <a href="https://et.wiktionary.org/wiki/vemp" class="extiw" title="et:vemp">(et)</a></li> <li>Finnish: <a href="/wiki/kepponen#Finnish" title="kepponen">kepponen</a> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/kepponen" class="extiw" title="fi:kepponen">(fi)</a>; <a href="/wiki/j%C3%A4yn%C3%A4#Finnish" title="jäynä">jäynä</a> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/j%C3%A4yn%C3%A4" class="extiw" title="fi:jäynä">(fi)</a>, <a href="/wiki/pila#Finnish" title="pila">pila</a> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/pila" class="extiw" title="fi:pila">(fi)</a>, <a href="/wiki/kuje#Finnish" title="kuje">kuje</a> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/kuje" class="extiw" title="fi:kuje">(fi)</a>, <a href="/wiki/jekku#Finnish" title="jekku">jekku</a> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/jekku" class="extiw" title="fi:jekku">(fi)</a>, <a href="/wiki/metku#Finnish" title="metku">metku</a> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/metku" class="extiw" title="fi:metku">(fi)</a>, <a href="/wiki/kolttonen#Finnish" title="kolttonen">kolttonen</a> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/kolttonen" class="extiw" title="fi:kolttonen">(fi)</a></li> <li>French: <a href="/wiki/farce#French" title="farce">farce</a> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/farce" class="extiw" title="fr:farce">(fr)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/tour#French" title="tour">tour</a> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/tour" class="extiw" title="fr:tour">(fr)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Galician: <a href="/wiki/trasnada#Galician" title="trasnada">trasnada</a> <a href="https://gl.wiktionary.org/wiki/trasnada" class="extiw" title="gl:trasnada">(gl)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/falcatr%C3%BAa#Galician" title="falcatrúa">falcatrúa</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/falcatruada#Galician" title="falcatruada">falcatruada</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/aduanada#Galician" title="aduanada">aduanada</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Georgian: <a href="/wiki/%E1%83%9D%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98#Georgian" title="ოინი">ოინი</a> (oini)</li> <li>German: <a href="/wiki/Streich#German" title="Streich">Streich</a> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Streich" class="extiw" title="de:Streich">(de)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/Schabernack#German" title="Schabernack">Schabernack</a> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Schabernack" class="extiw" title="de:Schabernack">(de)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Greek: <a href="/wiki/%CF%86%CE%AC%CF%81%CF%83%CE%B1#Greek" title="φάρσα">φάρσα</a> <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%86%CE%AC%CF%81%CF%83%CE%B1" class="extiw" title="el:φάρσα">(el)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (fársa)</li> <li>Hawaiian: <a href="/wiki/k%C4%93puka#Hawaiian" title="kēpuka">kēpuka</a></li> <li>Hebrew: <a href="/w/index.php?title=%D7%9E%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%97%D7%94&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="מתיחה (page does not exist)">מְתִיחָה</a> <a href="https://he.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%97%D7%94" class="extiw" title="he:מתיחה">(he)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (metikhá)</li> <li>Hindi: <a href="/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%88#Hindi" title="लंगराई">लंगराई</a> (laṅgrāī)</li> <li>Hungarian: <a href="/wiki/k%C3%B3p%C3%A9s%C3%A1g#Hungarian" title="kópéság">kópéság</a> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/k%C3%B3p%C3%A9s%C3%A1g" class="extiw" title="hu:kópéság">(hu)</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=huncuts%C3%A1g&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="huncutság (page does not exist)">huncutság</a> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/huncuts%C3%A1g" class="extiw" title="hu:huncutság">(hu)</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=cs%C3%ADnytev%C3%A9s&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="csínytevés (page does not exist)">csínytevés</a> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/cs%C3%ADnytev%C3%A9s" class="extiw" title="hu:csínytevés">(hu)</a>, <a href="/wiki/hecc#Hungarian" title="hecc">hecc</a> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/hecc" class="extiw" title="hu:hecc">(hu)</a>, <a href="/wiki/cs%C3%ADny#Hungarian" title="csíny">csíny</a> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/cs%C3%ADny" class="extiw" title="hu:csíny">(hu)</a></li> <li>Icelandic: <a href="/wiki/hrekkur#Icelandic" title="hrekkur">hrekkur</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Indonesian: please add this translation if you can</li> <li>Ingrian: <a href="/wiki/koirus#Ingrian" title="koirus">koirus</a></li> <li>Irish: <a href="/wiki/cleas#Irish" title="cleas">cleas</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Italian: <a href="/wiki/burla#Italian" title="burla">burla</a> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/burla" class="extiw" title="it:burla">(it)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/beffa#Italian" title="beffa">beffa</a> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/beffa" class="extiw" title="it:beffa">(it)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/vigliaccata#Italian" title="vigliaccata">vigliaccata</a> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/vigliaccata" class="extiw" title="it:vigliaccata">(it)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=scherzo_meschino&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="scherzo meschino (page does not exist)">scherzo meschino</a></li> <li>Japanese: <a href="/wiki/%E6%82%AA%E6%88%AF#Japanese" title="悪戯">悪戯</a> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%82%AA%E6%88%AF" class="extiw" title="ja:悪戯">(ja)</a> (いたずら, itazura), <a href="/wiki/%E6%82%AA%E3%81%B5%E3%81%96%E3%81%91#Japanese" title="悪ふざけ">悪ふざけ</a> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%82%AA%E3%81%B5%E3%81%96%E3%81%91" class="extiw" title="ja:悪ふざけ">(ja)</a> (わるふざけ, warufuzake), <a href="/wiki/%E3%81%A9%E3%81%A3%E3%81%8D%E3%82%8A#Japanese" title="どっきり">どっきり</a> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E3%81%A9%E3%81%A3%E3%81%8D%E3%82%8A" class="extiw" title="ja:どっきり">(ja)</a> (dokkiri)</li> <li>Kabuverdianu: <a href="/wiki/txak%C3%B3ta#Kabuverdianu" title="txakóta">txakóta</a>, <a href="/wiki/txok%C3%B3ta#Kabuverdianu" title="txokóta">txokóta</a></li> <li>Khmer: please add this translation if you can</li> <li>Korean: <a href="/wiki/%EC%9E%A5%EB%82%9C#Korean" title="장난">장난(作亂)</a> <a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/%EC%9E%A5%EB%82%9C" class="extiw" title="ko:장난">(ko)</a> (jangnan), <a href="/wiki/%EB%86%8D%EB%8B%B4#Korean" title="농담">농담(弄談)</a> <a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/%EB%86%8D%EB%8B%B4" class="extiw" title="ko:농담">(ko)</a> (nongdam)</li> <li>Latvian: <a href="/wiki/draiskul%C4%ABba#Latvian" title="draiskulība">draiskulība</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/ner%C4%81tn%C4%ABba#Latvian" title="nerātnība">nerātnība</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can</li> <li>Macedonian: <a href="/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%98%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BF#Macedonian" title="мајтап">ма́јтап</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (májtap), <a href="/wiki/%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B0#Macedonian" title="шега">ше́га</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (šéga)</li> <li>Maori: <a href="/w/index.php?title=m%C4%81minga&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="māminga (page does not exist)">māminga</a></li> <li>Mongolian: please add this translation if you can</li> <li>Norwegian: <dl><dd>Bokmål: <a href="/wiki/ableg%C3%B8yer#Norwegian" title="ablegøyer">ablegøyer</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> <abbr title="plural number">pl</abbr></dd> <dd>Nynorsk: <a href="/wiki/ableg%C3%B8yer#Norwegian_Nynorsk" title="ablegøyer">ablegøyer</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> <abbr title="plural number">pl</abbr></dd></dl></li> <li>Ottoman Turkish: <a href="/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86#Ottoman_Turkish" title="اویون">اویون</a> (oyun), <a href="/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%82%D8%A7#Ottoman_Turkish" title="شقا">شقا</a> (şaka), <a href="/wiki/%D9%84%D8%B7%DB%8C%D9%81%D9%87#Ottoman_Turkish" title="لطیفه">لطیفه</a> (latife)</li> <li>Persian: please add this translation if you can</li> <li>Plautdietsch: <a href="/wiki/Spos#Plautdietsch" title="Spos">Spos</a> <abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></li> <li>Polish: <a href="/wiki/figiel#Polish" title="figiel">figiel</a> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/figiel" class="extiw" title="pl:figiel">(pl)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/kawa%C5%82#Polish" title="kawał">kawał</a> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/kawa%C5%82" class="extiw" title="pl:kawał">(pl)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (informal)</li> <li>Portuguese: <a href="/wiki/travessura#Portuguese" title="travessura">travessura</a> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/travessura" class="extiw" title="pt:travessura">(pt)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/trote#Portuguese" title="trote">trote</a> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/trote" class="extiw" title="pt:trote">(pt)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/pegadinha#Portuguese" title="pegadinha">pegadinha</a> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/pegadinha" class="extiw" title="pt:pegadinha">(pt)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Romanian: <a href="/wiki/fars%C4%83#Romanian" title="farsă">farsă</a> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/fars%C4%83" class="extiw" title="ro:farsă">(ro)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/pozn%C4%83#Romanian" title="poznă">poznă</a> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/pozn%C4%83" class="extiw" title="ro:poznă">(ro)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Russian: <a href="/wiki/%D0%B2%D1%8B%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BA%D0%B0#Russian" title="выходка">вы́ходка</a> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B2%D1%8B%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BA%D0%B0" class="extiw" title="ru:выходка">(ru)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (výxodka), <a href="/wiki/%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B0#Russian" title="проказа">прока́за</a> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B0" class="extiw" title="ru:проказа">(ru)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (prokáza), <a href="/wiki/%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="шалость">ша́лость</a> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:шалость">(ru)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (šálostʹ), <a href="/wiki/%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%B0#Russian" title="проделка">проде́лка</a> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%B0" class="extiw" title="ru:проделка">(ru)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (prodélka), <a href="/wiki/%D1%88%D1%83%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%B0#Russian" title="шутка">шу́тка</a> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%88%D1%83%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%B0" class="extiw" title="ru:шутка">(ru)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (šútka), <a href="/wiki/%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA#Russian" title="пранк">пранк</a> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA" class="extiw" title="ru:пранк">(ru)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (prank), <a href="/wiki/%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%B3%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%88#Russian" title="розыгрыш">ро́зыгрыш</a> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%B3%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%88" class="extiw" title="ru:розыгрыш">(ru)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (rózygryš)</li> <li>Scottish Gaelic: <a href="/wiki/cleas#Scottish_Gaelic" title="cleas">cleas</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Serbo-Croatian: <dl><dd>Cyrillic: <a href="/wiki/%D0%BF%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0#Serbo-Croatian" title="псина">пси̏на</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/%D0%BF%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B5#Serbo-Croatian" title="псине">псине</a> <abbr title="plural number">pl</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0#Serbo-Croatian" title="шала">ша́ла</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></dd> <dd>Roman: <a href="/wiki/psina#Serbo-Croatian" title="psina">psȉna</a> <a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/psina" class="extiw" title="sh:psina">(sh)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=psine&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="psine (page does not exist)">psine</a> <a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/psine" class="extiw" title="sh:psine">(sh)</a> <abbr title="plural number">pl</abbr></dd></dl></li> <li>Slovak: <a href="/wiki/%C5%A1p%C3%A1s#Slovak" title="špás">špás</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/f%C3%ADge%C4%BE#Slovak" title="fígeľ">fígeľ</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%BEart&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="žart (page does not exist)">žart</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=hunc%C3%BAtstvo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="huncútstvo (page does not exist)">huncútstvo</a> <abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></li> <li>Slovene: <a href="/wiki/%C5%A1ala#Slovene" title="šala">šala</a> <a href="https://sl.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C5%A1ala" class="extiw" title="sl:šala">(sl)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/hec#Slovene" title="hec">hec</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Spanish: <a href="/wiki/travesura#Spanish" title="travesura">travesura</a> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/travesura" class="extiw" title="es:travesura">(es)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/broma#Spanish" title="broma">broma</a> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/broma" class="extiw" title="es:broma">(es)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/inocentada#Spanish" title="inocentada">inocentada</a> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/inocentada" class="extiw" title="es:inocentada">(es)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=jaimitada&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="jaimitada (page does not exist)">jaimitada</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/diablura#Spanish" title="diablura">diablura</a> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/diablura" class="extiw" title="es:diablura">(es)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/picard%C3%ADa#Spanish" title="picardía">picardía</a> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/picard%C3%ADa" class="extiw" title="es:picardía">(es)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/trastada#Spanish" title="trastada">trastada</a> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/trastada" class="extiw" title="es:trastada">(es)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/jarana#Spanish" title="jarana">jarana</a> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/jarana" class="extiw" title="es:jarana">(es)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (Latin America), <a href="/wiki/chanza#Spanish" title="chanza">chanza</a> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/chanza" class="extiw" title="es:chanza">(es)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/chacota#Spanish" title="chacota">chacota</a> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/chacota" class="extiw" title="es:chacota">(es)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/cuchufleta#Spanish" title="cuchufleta">cuchufleta</a> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/cuchufleta" class="extiw" title="es:cuchufleta">(es)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/guasa#Spanish" title="guasa">guasa</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/chirigota#Spanish" title="chirigota">chirigota</a> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/chirigota" class="extiw" title="es:chirigota">(es)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/trebejo#Spanish" title="trebejo">trebejo</a> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/trebejo" class="extiw" title="es:trebejo">(es)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/changoneta#Spanish" title="changoneta">changoneta</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/chafa#Spanish" title="chafa">chafa</a> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/chafa" class="extiw" title="es:chafa">(es)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/chufla#Spanish" title="chufla">chufla</a> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/chufla" class="extiw" title="es:chufla">(es)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=trampucheta&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="trampucheta (page does not exist)">trampucheta</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Swedish: <a href="/wiki/hyss#Swedish" title="hyss">hyss</a> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/hyss" class="extiw" title="sv:hyss">(sv)</a> <abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/streck#Swedish" title="streck">streck</a> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/streck" class="extiw" title="sv:streck">(sv)</a> <abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/bus#Swedish" title="bus">bus</a> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/bus" class="extiw" title="sv:bus">(sv)</a> <abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=busstreck&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="busstreck (page does not exist)">busstreck</a> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/busstreck" class="extiw" title="sv:busstreck">(sv)</a> <abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/spratt#Swedish" title="spratt">spratt</a> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/spratt" class="extiw" title="sv:spratt">(sv)</a> <abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></li> <li>Tamil: please add this translation if you can</li> <li>Thai: <a href="/wiki/%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A2#Thai" title="กลอุบาย">กลอุบาย</a> (gon-ù-baai)</li> <li>Turkish: <a href="/w/index.php?title=muziplik&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="muziplik (page does not exist)">muziplik</a> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/muziplik" class="extiw" title="tr:muziplik">(tr)</a>, <a href="/wiki/e%C5%9Fek_%C5%9Fakas%C4%B1#Turkish" title="eşek şakası">eşek şakası</a> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/e%C5%9Fek_%C5%9Fakas%C4%B1" class="extiw" title="tr:eşek şakası">(tr)</a>, <a href="/wiki/%C5%9Faka#Turkish" title="şaka">şaka</a> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C5%9Faka" class="extiw" title="tr:şaka">(tr)</a></li> <li>Ukrainian: <a href="/w/index.php?title=%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B7%D1%96%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%88&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="розіграш (page does not exist)">ро́зіграш</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (rózihraš), <a href="/wiki/%D0%B6%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82#Ukrainian" title="жарт">жарт</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (žart), <a href="/w/index.php?title=%D1%84%D1%96%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="фігель (page does not exist)">фі́гель</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (fíhelʹ), <a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="вибрик (page does not exist)">ви́брик</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (výbryk), <a href="/wiki/%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA#Ukrainian" title="пранк">пранк</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (prank)</li> <li>Vietnamese: <a href="/wiki/tr%C3%B2#Vietnamese" title="trò">trò</a> <a href="/wiki/ch%C6%A1i_kh%C4%83m#Vietnamese" title="chơi khăm">chơi khăm</a></li> <li>Welsh: <a href="/w/index.php?title=pranc&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="pranc (page does not exist)">pranc</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/cast#Welsh" title="cast">cast</a> <a href="https://cy.wiktionary.org/wiki/cast" class="extiw" title="cy:cast">(cy)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=cestyn&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="cestyn (page does not exist)">cestyn</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/rhosb#Welsh" title="rhosb">rhosb</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> or <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verb">Verb</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=prank&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Verb">edit</a>]</div> prank (third-person singular simple present <a href="/wiki/pranks#English" title="pranks">pranks</a>, present participle <a href="/wiki/pranking#English" title="pranking">pranking</a>, simple past <a href="/wiki/pranked#English" title="pranked">pranked</a>, past participle <a href="/wiki/pranked#English" title="pranked">pranked</a> or (archaic) <a href="/wiki/prankt#English" title="prankt">prankt</a>) <ol><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li class="senseid" id="English:_trick_with_a_practical_joke"> (<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">transitive</a>) To perform a <a href="/wiki/practical_joke" title="practical joke">practical joke</a> on; to <a href="/wiki/trick" title="trick">trick</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole">2007 May 13, Karen Crouse, “Still Invitation Only, but Jets Widen Door for Camp”, in <cite>New York Times</cite>‎<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/13/sports/football/13jets.html">[1]</a>:<dl><dd><div class="h-quotation">“If someone’s pranking me,” Rowlands remembered thinking, “they’re going to great lengths to make it work.”</div></dd></dl></div></li></ul> <ol><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li class="senseid" id="English:_make_a_prank_call"> (<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">transitive</a>) To make a <a href="/wiki/prank_call" title="prank call">prank call</a> to (someone).</li></ol></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li class="senseid" id="English:_make_a_missed_call_intentionally_as_limited_but_free_communication"> (<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">transitive</a>, <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#slang" title="Appendix:Glossary">slang</a>) To <a href="/wiki/call" title="call">call</a> someone's <a href="/wiki/phone" title="phone">phone</a> and <a href="/wiki/hang_up" title="hang up">hang up</a> before they <a href="/wiki/answer" title="answer">answer</a>, so as to <a href="/wiki/send" title="send">send</a> them a <a href="/wiki/notification" title="notification">notification</a> (of a <a href="/wiki/missed_call" title="missed call">missed call</a>) without <a href="/wiki/incur" title="incur">incurring</a> <a href="/wiki/fee" title="fee">fees</a>. <dl><dd>Synonym: <a href="/wiki/missed_call#Verb" title="missed call">missed call</a> (verb)</dd> <dd><div class="h-usage-example">Hey man, prank me when you wanna get picked up.</div></dd> <dd><div class="h-usage-example">I don't have your number in my phone; can you prank me?</div></dd></dl></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">transitive</a>, <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#archaic" title="Appendix:Glossary">archaic</a>) To <a href="/wiki/adorn" title="adorn">adorn</a> in a <a href="/wiki/showy" title="showy">showy</a> manner; to <a href="/wiki/dress" title="dress">dress</a> or <a href="/wiki/equip" title="equip">equip</a> <a href="/wiki/ostentatiously" title="ostentatiously">ostentatiously</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole">1590, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Spenser" class="extiw" title="w:Edmund Spenser">Edmund Spenser</a>, “Book II, Canto II”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Faerie_Queene" class="extiw" title="w:The Faerie Queene">The Faerie Queene. […]</a></cite>, London: […] [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wolfe_(printer)" class="extiw" title="w:John Wolfe (printer)">John Wolfe</a>] for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ponsonby_(publisher)" class="extiw" title="w:William Ponsonby (publisher)">William Ponsonbie</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/960102938">→OCLC</a>, stanza 36:<dl><dd><div class="h-quotation">In sumptuous tire she ioyd her selfe to prancke</div></dd></dl></div></li> <li>1748, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Thomson_(poet)" class="extiw" title="w:James Thomson (poet)">James Thomson</a>, <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Castle_of_Indolence" class="extiw" title="s:The Castle of Indolence">The Castle of Indolence</a>, B:II <dl><dd>And there a Seaſon atween June and May,</dd> <dd>Half prankt with Spring, with Summer half imbrown'd,</dd> <dd>A liſtleſs Climate made, where, Sooth to ſay,</dd> <dd>No living Wight could work, ne cared even for Play.</dd></dl></li> <li><div class="citation-whole">1880, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante_Gabriel_Rosetti" class="extiw" title="w:Dante Gabriel Rosetti">Dante Gabriel Rosetti</a>, <cite>For Spring, by Sandro Botticelli</cite>, lines 2–3:<dl><dd><div class="h-quotation">Flora, wanton-eyed For birth, and with all flowrets prankt and pied:</div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#intransitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">intransitive</a>) To make an <a href="/wiki/ostentatious" title="ostentatious">ostentatious</a> <a href="/wiki/show" title="show">show</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole">1867, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Arnold" class="extiw" title="w:Matthew Arnold">Matthew Arnold</a>, “Obermann Once More”, in <cite>New Poems</cite>:<dl><dd><div class="h-quotation">White houses prank where once were huts.</div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Descendants">Descendants</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=prank&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Descendants">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>→ Welsh: <a href="/w/index.php?title=prancio&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="prancio (page does not exist)">prancio</a><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r68481116">.mw-parser-output .desc-arr[title]{cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .desc-arr[title="uncertain"]{font-size:.7em;vertical-align:super}</style></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Translations_2">Translations</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=prank&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Translations">edit</a>]</div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-perform_a_joke_on"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">perform a joke on</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="perform a joke on"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Afrikaans: <a href="/w/index.php?title=poets_bak&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="poets bak (page does not exist)">poets bak</a></li> <li>Armenian: <a href="/w/index.php?title=%D5%A3%D5%AA%D5%BE%D6%81%D5%B6%D5%A5%D5%AC&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="գժվցնել (page does not exist)">գժվցնել</a> (gžvcʻnel) (informal)</li> <li>Bulgarian: <a href="/wiki/%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%8F%D0%BC#Bulgarian" title="занасям">занасям</a> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%8F%D0%BC" class="extiw" title="bg:занасям">(bg)</a> (zanasjam)</li> <li>Finnish: <a href="/wiki/jekuttaa#Finnish" title="jekuttaa">jekuttaa</a> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/jekuttaa" class="extiw" title="fi:jekuttaa">(fi)</a> (colloquial)</li> <li>German: <a href="/wiki/veralbern#German" title="veralbern">veralbern</a> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/veralbern" class="extiw" title="de:veralbern">(de)</a>, <a href="/wiki/ver%C3%A4ppeln#German" title="veräppeln">veräppeln</a> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/ver%C3%A4ppeln" class="extiw" title="de:veräppeln">(de)</a></li> <li>Icelandic: <a href="/wiki/hrekkja#Icelandic" title="hrekkja">hrekkja</a></li> <li>Macedonian: <a href="/wiki/%D1%81%D0%B5_%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%98%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B8#Macedonian" title="се мајтапи">се ма́јтапи</a> (se májtapi), <a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%98%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B8&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="мајтапи (page does not exist)">ма́јтапи</a> (májtapi)</li> <li>Maori: <a href="/w/index.php?title=m%C4%81minga&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="māminga (page does not exist)">māminga</a></li> <li>Ottoman Turkish: <a href="/wiki/%D9%84%D8%B7%DB%8C%D9%81%D9%87_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA%D9%85%D9%83#Ottoman_Turkish" title="لطیفه ایتمك">لطیفه ایتمك</a> (latife etmek)</li> <li>Romanian: <a href="/wiki/p%C4%83c%C4%83li#Romanian" title="păcăli">păcăli</a> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/p%C4%83c%C4%83li" class="extiw" title="ro:păcăli">(ro)</a>, <a href="/wiki/trage_pe_sfoar%C4%83#Romanian" title="trage pe sfoară">trage pe sfoară</a></li> <li>Spanish: <a href="/wiki/embromar#Spanish" title="embromar">embromar</a> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/embromar" class="extiw" title="es:embromar">(es)</a>, <a href="/wiki/chancear#Spanish" title="chancear">chancear</a> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/chancear" class="extiw" title="es:chancear">(es)</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=guasear&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="guasear (page does not exist)">guasear</a> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/guasear" class="extiw" title="es:guasear">(es)</a> (Mexico), <a href="/wiki/jaranear#Spanish" title="jaranear">jaranear</a> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/jaranear" class="extiw" title="es:jaranear">(es)</a> (Latin America), <a href="/w/index.php?title=cabulear&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="cabulear (page does not exist)">cabulear</a></li> <li>Swedish: <a href="/w/index.php?title=busa_med&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="busa med (page does not exist)">busa med</a></li> <li>Vietnamese: <a href="/wiki/ch%C6%A1i_kh%C4%83m#Vietnamese" title="chơi khăm">chơi khăm</a> <a href="https://vi.wiktionary.org/wiki/ch%C6%A1i_kh%C4%83m" class="extiw" title="vi:chơi khăm">(vi)</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="See_also">See also</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=prank&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>(telephone senses): <a href="/wiki/missed_call#Noun" title="missed call">missed call</a> (noun); <a href="/wiki/call_collect#Verb" title="call collect">call collect</a> (verb); <a href="/wiki/caller_ID#English" title="caller ID">caller ID</a>; <a href="/wiki/phreak#Verb" title="phreak">phreak</a> (verb)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjective">Adjective</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=prank&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Adjective">edit</a>]</div> prank (not <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#comparable" title="Appendix:Glossary">comparable</a>) <ol><li>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#obsolete" title="Appendix:Glossary">obsolete</a>, <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#slang" title="Appendix:Glossary">slang</a>) (Can we <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Requests_for_verification/English#prank" title="Wiktionary:Requests for verification/English">verify</a>(<a class="external text" href="https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Wiktionary:Requests_for_verification/English&action=edit&section=new&preload=Template:rfv-sense/preload&preloadtitle=%5B%5Bprank%23rfv-sense-notice-en-%7cprank%5D%5D">+</a>) this sense?) Full of <a href="/wiki/gambol" title="gambol">gambols</a> or <a href="/wiki/trick" title="trick">tricks</a>.</li></ol> <div style="background-color: var(--wikt-palette-lightergrey,#f0f0f0);"> Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Webster%27s_Dictionary,_1913" title="Wiktionary:Webster's Dictionary, 1913">Webster’s Dictionary</a>, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing. (See the entry for “<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.websters1913.com/words/Prank">prank</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webster%27s_Dictionary#Webster's_New_International_Dictionary_1909" class="extiw" title="w:Webster's Dictionary">Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary</a></cite>, Springfield, Mass.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merriam-Webster" class="extiw" title="w:Merriam-Webster">G. & C. Merriam</a>, 1913, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/800618302">→OCLC</a>.) </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References">References</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=prank&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><a href="#cite_ref-1"> ^ </a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Kluge" class="extiw" title="w:Friedrich Kluge">Friedrich Kluge</a> (1883) “<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/en:An_Etymological_Dictionary_of_the_German_Language/Annotated/prangen" class="extiw" title="s:en:An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/prangen">prangen</a>”, in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Francis_Davis" class="extiw" title="w:John Francis Davis">John Francis Davis</a>, transl., <cite>Etymological Dictionary of the German Language</cite>, published 1891 </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Danish">Danish</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=prank&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Danish">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_2">Noun</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=prank&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Noun">edit</a>]</div> prank <ol><li>prank <ul><li><div class="citation-whole">2016, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Rifbjerg" class="extiw" title="w:Klaus Rifbjerg">Klaus Rifbjerg</a>, <cite>Falsk forår</cite>, Gyldendal A/S, <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9788702207071" title="Special:BookSources/9788702207071">→ISBN</a>:<dl><dd><div class="h-quotation">Hvad hun tillod sig nu var altså en prank, en joke, noget, der havde med overskud at gøre og slet ikke kunne bringes under de rubrikker, hun lå og forestillede sig.<dl><dd>(please <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Quotations#Adding_translations_to_quotations" title="Wiktionary:Quotations">add an English translation</a> of this quotation)</dd></dl></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole">2014, Nick Clausen, <cite>Kanel, klejner og julekaos</cite>, Tellerup A/S, <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9788758811260" title="Special:BookSources/9788758811260">→ISBN</a>:<dl><dd><div class="h-quotation">Bare fordi det er min tur til at finde på en prank gider du ikke gøre dig umage .<dl><dd>(please <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Quotations#Adding_translations_to_quotations" title="Wiktionary:Quotations">add an English translation</a> of this quotation)</dd></dl></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole">2016, Lasse Henriksen, Pil Ingerslev, <cite>Benny 1's normale guide til det paranormale</cite>, Art People, <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9788771801644" title="Special:BookSources/9788771801644">→ISBN</a>:<dl><dd><div class="h-quotation">Pranken fik sit eget liv, ...<dl><dd>(please <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Quotations#Adding_translations_to_quotations" title="Wiktionary:Quotations">add an English translation</a> of this quotation)</dd></dl></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=prank&oldid=82638543">https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=prank&oldid=82638543</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Special:Categories" title="Special:Categories">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:English_terms_with_unknown_etymologies" title="Category:English terms with unknown etymologies">English terms with unknown etymologies</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:English_terms_inherited_from_Middle_English" 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hreflang="hu" data-title="prank" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Magyar</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wiktionary.org/wiki/prank" title="prank – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="prank" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target">Malagasy</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wiktionary.org/wiki/prank" title="prank – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="prank" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target">മലയാളം</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wiktionary.org/wiki/prank" title="prank – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="prank" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" 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hreflang="sk" data-title="prank" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target">Slovenčina</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/prank" title="prank – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="prank" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Suomi</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/prank" title="prank – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="prank" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Svenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wiktionary.org/wiki/prank" title="prank – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="prank" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" 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