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prankings

prankings is the plural of pranking.

Meaning of pranking

Noun

pranking (plural 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 […]1933, The Commonweal, volume 19, page 241

Questions about prankings

What is prankings the plural of?
Prankings is the plural of pranking.

Words near prankings in the dictionary

  1. prankier
  2. prankiest
  3. prankiness
  4. pranking
  5. prankingly
  6. prankings
  7. prankish
  8. prankishly
  9. prankishness
  10. prankle
  11. prankled

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