prank

Definition

  • noun: a trick that is done to someone usually as a joke
  • noun: a malicious act
  • verb: to show oneself off
  • synonyms: trick, caper, frolic

Examples

  • He enjoys playing 'pranks' on his friends.

  • ('US') He's always 'pulling pranks'.

  • a childish 'prank'

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Can someone tell me where white Doug is? He's on the roof, Alan. Yes. He is on the roof. We must have taken him up there on his mattress... As a prank so he'll wake up on the roof. It's like that time in summer camp. Remember when we moved... His sleeping bag out in the jetty in the lake? (..)
    2009 The Hangover