prank
/pɹæŋk/ verb C2- To perform a practical joke on; to trick and make a fool of someone.
- To make a prank call to (someone).
- To call someone's phone and hang up before they answer, so as to send them a notification (of a missed call) without incurring fees. · Hey man, prank me when you wanna get picked up.· I don't have your number in my phone; can you prank me?
- To make an ostentatious show.
He/she/it pranks · Past pranked · Past participle pranked · -ing form pranking
Verb forms
- Base form
- prank
- He/she/it
- pranks
- Past
- pranked
- Past participle
- pranked
- -ing form
- pranking
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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But I want to find out about them, and who they are, and what their object was in playing this prank—if it was a prank—upon me.
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