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pranksterish

pranksterish adjective: like a prankster; inclined to play pranks.

Adjective

pranksterish (comparative more pranksterish, superlative most pranksterish)

  1. Like a prankster; inclined to play pranks.
    • Mr. Hassan, a heavyset, pranksterish 23-year-old, loved the new world of cellphones, online computers and downloadable videos ushered in by the American occupation of Iraq, so much so that he spent a quarter of his monthly salary recently on another new phone.2007 July 14, John F. Burns, “In a Baghdad Killing, Questions That Haunt Iraq”, in New York Times

Forms of pranksterish

comparativemore pranksterish
superlativemost pranksterish

Origin of pranksterish

From prankster + -ish.

Questions about pranksterish

What does pranksterish mean?
Pranksterish means like a prankster; inclined to play pranks.
What part of speech is pranksterish?
Pranksterish is an adjective.

Words near pranksterish in the dictionary

  1. pranksome
  2. pranksomeness
  3. prankster
  4. pranksteress
  5. pranksteresses
  6. pranksterish
  7. pranksterism
  8. pranksters
  9. prankstress
  10. prankstresses
  11. prankt

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