prank

prank is a 5-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, adjective, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To adorn in a showy manner; to dress or equip ostentatiously; -- often followed by up; as, to prank up the body. See Prink. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To adorn in a showy manner; to dress or equip ostentatiously; -- often followed by up; as, to prank up the body. See Prink.
2. intransitive verb. To make ostentatious show.
3. noun. A gay or sportive action; a ludicrous, merry, or mischievous trick; a caper; a frolic.
4. adjective. Full of gambols or tricks.
5. noun. a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement

   Synonyms: antic, caper, joke, trick

6. noun. acting like a clown or buffoon

   Synonyms: buffoonery, clowning, frivolity, harlequinade, japery

7. verb. dress up showily

   "He pranked himself out in his best clothes"

8. verb. dress or decorate showily or gaudily

   "Roses were pranking the lawn"

Synonyms

antic, caper, joke, trick, buffoonery, clowning, frivolity, harlequinade, japery

Common word forms

pranks, pranked, pranker, prankful, pranking

Words from these letters

If you are holding these tiles, the unscrambler for PRANK lists every valid word you can make from the same letters, including shorter plays.