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prankster

Syllables: prank·ster/ˈpɹæŋkstɚ//ˈpɹæŋkstəː/

prankster noun: one who performs pranks.

prankster: one who performs pranks
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Noun

prankster (plural pranksters)

  1. One who performs pranks.
    • A skilled prankster.
    • She became famous as a prankster.
    Synonyms:
    trickster

prankster meaning in Tamil

prankster in Tamil

குறும்பன்

Examples of prankster in a sentence

  • He loves being a prankster and is often seen pulling off several pranks on his bullies.
  • Pranksters fooled some media members into thinking they'd been laid off by Elon Musk soon after his Twitter takeover.2022 October 28, Tim Marcin, “Pranksters fool some media members after Elon Musk's Twitter takeover”, in Mashable, archived from the...

Synonyms of prankster

Forms of prankster

pluralpranksters

Plural of prankster: pranksters

Origin of prankster

From prank + -ster.

Words formed from prankster

Questions about prankster

What does prankster mean?
Prankster means one who performs pranks.
What is prankster in Tamil?
Prankster in Tamil is குறும்பன். See Prankster meaning in Tamil.
How do you use prankster in a sentence?
He loves being a prankster and is often seen pulling off several pranks on his bullies.
What part of speech is prankster?
Prankster is a noun.
How do you pronounce prankster?
Prankster is pronounced /ˈpɹæŋkstəː/ (UK).
What is the plural of prankster?
The plural of prankster is pranksters.

Words near prankster in the dictionary

  1. prankless
  2. prankling
  3. pranks
  4. pranksome
  5. pranksomeness
  6. prankster
  7. pranksteress
  8. pranksteresses
  9. pranksterish
  10. pranksterism
  11. pranksters

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Adapted from Wiktionary: prankster (page history and authors); prankster (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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