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prankle

prankle verb: to prance.

Verb

prankle (third-person singular simple present prankles, present participle prankling, simple past and past participle prankled)

  1. (UK, intransitive, obsolete) To prance.
    • He sees a train profusely gay / Come prankling o'er the place.

Forms of prankle

third-person singular presentprankles
present participleprankling
past participleprankled
pastprankled

Questions about prankle

What does prankle mean?
Prankle means to prance.
What part of speech is prankle?
Prankle is a verb.
What is the past tense of prankle?
The past tense of prankle is prankled.

Words near prankle in the dictionary

  1. prankingly
  2. prankings
  3. prankish
  4. prankishly
  5. prankishness
  6. prankle
  7. prankled
  8. prankles
  9. prankless
  10. prankling
  11. pranks

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