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Etymology

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Origin uncertain. Perhaps fromMiddle Englishpranken(“to adorn, arrange one's attire”), probably fromMiddle Dutchpronken,proncken(“to flaunt, make a show, arrange one's attire”), related toGermanprangen(“to make a show, be resplendent”),Dutchprangen(“to squeeze, press”),Danishpragt(“pomp, splendor”), all fromProto-Germanic*pranganą,*prangijaną,*prag-(“to press, squeeze, thring”), fromProto-Indo-European*brAngh-(“to press, squeeze”). Or, perhaps ultimately related toProto-Germanic*brahtaz, similar toDutchpracht(“splendor”),Swedishprakt(“glory, pomp”) (loaned from Low German).[1]

Cognate withMiddle Low Germanprunken(“to flaunt”),Germanprunken(“to flaunt”),Danishprunke(“to make a show, prank”). Sense of "mischievous act" from earlier verbal sense of "to be crafty or subtle, set in order, adjust". See alsoprink,prance,prong.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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prank (pluralpranks)

  1. Apractical joke ormischievoustrick.
    play aprank
    pull aprank on someone
    He pulled a gruesomeprank on his sister.
  2. (obsolete) An evildeed; amalicious trick, an act ofcrueldeception.
    • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym;Robert Burton], “Simples purging melancholy downeward”, inThe Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps,→OCLC, partition 2, section 4, member 2, subsection 2,page311:
      Lilius Geraldus ſaith,thatHercules after all his madprankes vpon his wife and children, was perfectly cured by a purge ofHellebor,which anAnticyrian adminiſtred vnto him.

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Derived terms

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Translations

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practical joke or mischievous trick

Verb

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prank (third-person singular simple presentpranks,present participlepranking,simple pastpranked,past participleprankedor(archaic)prankt)

  2. (transitive) To perform apractical joke on; totrick andmake a fool of someone.
    • 2007 May 13, Karen Crouse, “Still Invitation Only, but Jets Widen Door for Camp”, inNew York Times‎[1]:
      “If someone’spranking me,” Rowlands remembered thinking, “they’re going to great lengths to make it work.”
    2. (transitive) To make aprank call to (someone).
  4. (transitive, slang) Tocall someone'sphone andhang up before theyanswer, so as tosend them anotification (of amissed call) withoutincurringfees.
    Synonym:missed call(verb)
    Hey man,prank me when you wanna get picked up.
    I don't have your number in my phone; can youprank me?
  5. (transitive, archaic) Toadorn in ashowy manner; todress orequipostentatiously.
  6. (intransitive) To make anostentatiousshow.
    • 1867,Matthew Arnold, “Obermann Once More”, inNew Poems:
      White housesprank where once were huts.

Descendants

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Translations

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perform a joke on

See also

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References

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  1. ^Friedrich Kluge (1883) “prangen”, inJohn Francis Davis, transl.,Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published1891

Danish

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Noun

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prank

  1. prank
    • 2016,Klaus Rifbjerg,Falsk forår, Gyldendal A/S,→ISBN:
      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.
      (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2014, Nick Clausen,Kanel, klejner og julekaos, Tellerup A/S,→ISBN:
      Bare fordi det er min tur til at finde på en prank gider du ikke gøre dig umage .
      (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2016, Lasse Henriksen, Pil Ingerslev,Benny 1's normale guide til det paranormale, Art People,→ISBN:
      Pranken fik sit eget liv, ...
      (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)
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