antic, joke, prank, trick, caper, put-on
(noun) a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
buffoonery, clowning, japery, frivolity, harlequinade, prank
(noun) acting like a clown or buffoon
prank
(verb) dress up showily; “He pranked himself out in his best clothes”
prank
(verb) dress or decorate showily or gaudily; “Roses were pranking the lawn”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
prank (plural pranks)
A practical joke or mischievous trick.
(obsolete) An evil deed; a malicious trick, an act of cruel deception.
• See also joke
prank (third-person singular simple present pranks, present participle pranking, simple past pranked, past participle (archaic) prankt or pranked)
(transitive) To perform a practical joke on; to trick.
(transitive, slang) To call someone's phone and promptly hang up
(transitive) To adorn in a showy manner; to dress or equip ostentatiously.
(intransitive) To make ostentatious show.
(call and promptly hang up): missed call, missed-call
prank
(obsolete) Full of gambols or tricks.
Source: Wiktionary
Prank, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pranked; p. pr. & vb. n. Pranking.] Etym: [Cf. E. prink, also G. prangen, prunken, to shine, to make a show, Dan. prange, prunke, Sw. prunka, D. pronken.]
Definition: To adorn in a showy manner; to dress or equip ostentatiously; - - often followed by up; as, to prank up the body. See Prink. In sumptuous tire she joyed herself to prank. Spenser.
Prank, v. i.
Definition: To make ostentatious show. White houses prank where once were huts. M. Arnold.
Prank, n.
Definition: A gay or sportive action; a ludicrous, merry, or mischievous trick; a caper; a frolic. Spenser. The harpies . . . played their accustomed pranks. Sir W. Raleigh. His pranks have been too broad to bear with. Shak.
Prank, a.
Definition: Full of gambols or tricks. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 May 2025
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
