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PRANK, v.t. To adorn in a showy manner; to dress or adjust to ostentation.

In sumptuous tire she joyed herself to prank.

It is often followed by up.

--And me, poor lowly maid,

Most goddess-like prankt up.

PRANK, n. Properly, a sudden start or sally. [See Prance.] Hence, a wild flight; a capering; a gambol.

1. A capricious action; a ludicrous or merry trick, or a mischievous act, rather for sport than injury. Children often play their pranks on each other.

--In came the harpies and played their accustomed pranks.

PRANK, a. Frolicksome; full of gambols or tricks.



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PRANK, v.t. To adorn in a showy manner; to dress or adjust to ostentation.

In sumptuous tire she joyed herself to prank.

It is often followed by up.

--And me, poor lowly maid,

Most goddess-like prankt up.

PRANK, n. Properly, a sudden start or sally. [See Prance.] Hence, a wild flight; a capering; a gambol.

1. A capricious action; a ludicrous or merry trick, or a mischievous act, rather for sport than injury. Children often play their pranks on each other.

--In came the harpies and played their accustomed pranks.

PRANK, a. Frolicksome; full of gambols or tricks.


PRANK, a.

Frolicksome; full of gambols or tricks. – Brewer.


PRANK, n. [W. pranc.]

  1. Properly, a sudden start or sally. [See Prance.] Hence, a wild flight; a capering; a gambol.
  2. A capricious action; a ludicrous or merry trick, or a mischievous act, rather for sport than injury. Children often play their pranks on each other. In came the harpies and played their accustomed pranks. – Ralegh.

PRANK, v.t. [If n is not radical, this word coincides with G. pracht, D. and Dan. pragt, Sw. prackt, pomp, magnificence; also with G. prangen, to shine, to make a show; D. pronken, to shine or make a show, to be adorned, to strut; Dan. pranger, to prance, to make a show, to sell by retail; the latter sense perhaps from breaking; Sw. prunka. So in Port. brincar, to sport; Sp. id. to leap. These are evidently the Ar. بَرَقَ baraka, to adorn, to lighten. Prink is probably from the same root.]

To adorn in a showy manner; to dress or adjust to ostentation. In sumptuous tire she joyed herself to prank. – Milton. It is often followed by up. And me, poor lowly maid, / Most goddess-like prankt up. – Shak.


Prank
  1. 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.

  2. To make ostentatious show.

    White houses prank where once were huts. M. Arnold.

  3. 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.

  4. Full of gambols or tricks.

    [Obs.]
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Prank

PRANK, verb transitive To adorn in a showy manner; to dress or adjust to ostentation.

In sumptuous tire she joyed herself to prank

It is often followed by up.

--And me, poor lowly maid,

Most goddess-like prankt up.

PRANK, noun Properly, a sudden start or sally. [See Prance.] Hence, a wild flight; a capering; a gambol.

1. A capricious action; a ludicrous or merry trick, or a mischievous act, rather for sport than injury. Children often play their pranks on each other.

--In came the harpies and played their accustomed pranks.

PRANK, adjective Frolicksome; full of gambols or tricks.

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