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prankling

prankling is the present participle and gerund of prankle.

Meaning of prankle

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.

Questions about prankling

What is prankling the present participle and gerund of?
Prankling is the present participle and gerund of prankle.

Words near prankling in the dictionary

  1. prankishness
  2. prankle
  3. prankled
  4. prankles
  5. prankless
  6. prankling
  7. pranks
  8. pranksome
  9. pranksomeness
  10. prankster
  11. pranksteress

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