Meaning

1 senses
  1. One who performs pranks.

    A skilled prankster.

    She became famous as a prankster.

    Schelm, Scherzbold, Spaßvogel

    шутни́кšutník, шутни́цаšutníca, прока́зникprokáznik

    жартівни́кžartivnýk, жартівни́цяžartivnýcja

More definitions
  • someone who plays practical jokes on others

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Tom is a prankster.

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  2. To whom are you speaking, prankster?

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  3. Tom and Mary are arguing about who is the best prankster of the two.

    deTom und Maria stritten sich, wer von beiden die besseren Streiche spiele.

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  4. You're a prankster, Tom.

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  5. Mennad is a prankster.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
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one who performs pranks:
Deutsch
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one who performs pranks:

Origin

Proto-West Germanic *-astrijā

Proto-West Germanic *-astrijā

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Forms

plural: pranksters
Singularprankster
Pluralpranksters

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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