PRANK, verb transitive To adorn in a showy manner; to dress or adjust to ostentation. In sumptuous tire she joyed herself to prank It is often followed by up. --And me, poor lowly maid, Most goddess-like prankt up. PRANK, noun Properly, a sudden start or sally. [See Prance.] Hence, a wild flight; a capering; a gambol. 1. A capricious action; a ludicrous or merry trick, or a mischievous act, rather for sport than injury. Children often play their pranks on each other. --In came the harpies and played their accustomed pranks. PRANK, adjective Frolicksome; full of gambols or tricks.
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