Usually means: Mischievous trick played on someone.
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  1. prank: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. prank: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. prank, prank: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. prank: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. Prank, prank: Wordnik
  7. prank: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. prank: Wiktionary
  9. prank: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. prank: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. prank: Infoplease Dictionary
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  13. prank: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. prank: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Prank (The Batman), Prank (The Flash), Prank (comics), Prank: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Prank: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. prank: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. prank: Rhymezone
  19. prank: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. prank: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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  1. prank: Idioms

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  1. P.R.A.N.K: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A practical joke or mischievous trick.
noun:  (obsolete) An evil deed; a malicious trick, an act of cruel deception.
verb:  (transitive) To perform a practical joke on; to trick.
verb:  (transitive) To make a prank call to (someone).
verb:  (transitive, slang) 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.
verb:  (transitive, archaic) To adorn in a showy manner; to dress or equip ostentatiously.
verb:  (intransitive) To make an ostentatious show.
adjective:  (obsolete, slang) Full of gambols or tricks.

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