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pranking

  • /ˈpɹæŋkɪŋ/
  • [pɹeɪŋkɪŋ]

Rhymes with -æŋkɪŋ

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of prank

noun prankings

  1. archaic A showy adornment.
  2. archaic The playing of pranks or tricks; monkeyshines, didoes. So they have trooped forth to organize village down-and-outs and ne'er-do-wells into would-be combat units. If this is the case, then like most other collegiate prankings, the show has turned out to be both trite and puny, deceiving no one […]

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@misc{pranking_2026,
  title = {pranking},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pranking},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}