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pranked

/pɹæŋkt/

pranked is the simple past and past participle of prank.

Meaning of prank

Verb

prank (third-person singular simple present pranks, present participle pranking, simple past pranked, past participle pranked or (archaic) prankt)

  1. (transitive) To perform a practical joke on; to trick and make a fool of someone.
    • “If someone’s pranking me,” Rowlands remembered thinking, “they’re going to great lengths to make it work.”2007 May 13, Karen Crouse, “Still Invitation Only, but Jets Widen Door for Camp”, in New York Times
    1. (transitive) To make a prank call to (someone).
  2. (slang, transitive) 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.
    Synonyms:
    missed call
  3. (archaic, transitive) To adorn in a showy manner; to dress or equip ostentatiously.
    • In sumptuous tire she ioyd her selfe to prancke1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 36
  4. (intransitive) To make an ostentatious show.
    • White houses prank where once were huts.1867, Matthew Arnold, “Obermann Once More”, in New Poems

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Words that rhyme with pranked

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Questions about pranked

What is pranked the simple past and past participle of?
Pranked is the simple past and past participle of prank.
How do you pronounce pranked?
Pranked is pronounced /pɹæŋkt/.

Words near pranked in the dictionary

  1. prank called
  2. prank calling
  3. prank calls
  4. prank up
  5. prankage
  6. pranked
  7. prankee
  8. prankees
  9. pranker
  10. prankers
  11. prankful

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