Definition of Prankster

1. Noun. Someone who plays practical jokes on others.


Definition of Prankster

1. Noun. One who performs pranks. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Prankster

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prankster

prankier
prankiest
pranking
prankings
prankish
prankishly
prankishness
prankishnesses
prankle
prankled
prankles
prankling
pranks
pranksome
pranksomeness
prankster (current term)
pranksterish
pranksters
pranky
prannies
pranotherapist
pranotherapists
prao
praos
praps
prase
praseo-
praseocobalt
praseodymian

Literary usage of Prankster

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Backup Book: Disaster Recovery from Desktop to Data Center by Dorian J. Cougias, E. L. Heiberger, Karsten Koop (2003)
"During another audit, this time of my own company, a prankster simply walked into a conference room, hooked up his laptop to one of the available network ..."

2. One America Indivisible: A National Conversation on American Pluralism and by Sheldon Hackney (1999)
"A prankster who falsely shouts fire in a crowded theater does more than just offend our moral sensibilities. His words are also likely to cause harm to the ..."

3. Internet Domain Name Trademark Protection: Congressional Hearing edited by Howard Coble (2000)
"It should also have some prophylactic effect in that the casual wrong-doer or prankster is not likely to be willing to make a fraudulent ..."

4. Rediscovering America: Exploring the Small Towns of Virginia & Maryland by William J. Burnham, Mary K. Burnham (2002)
"... was also a prankster, and apparently continues to be. The current proprietors say they've seen dishes fall for no reason, lights and water coming on in ..."

5. Desert Dancing: Exploring the Land, the People, the Legends of the ...by Len Wilcox by Len Wilcox (2000)
"He was a prankster and a character. In 1916 he helped start the Pegleg Smith Club, a group whose aim was to tell the tallest tale. His articles about Pegleg ..."

6. Music by Black Women Composers: A Bibliography of Available Scores by Helen Walker-Hill (1995)
"prankster. 1986. In Black women composers: A century of piano music, 1893-1990, edited by Helen Walker-Hill. Bryn Mawr, Pa.: Hildegard, 1992. ..."

7. Plug Your Book: Online Book Marketing for Authors, Book Publicity Through by Steve Weber (2007)
"In one well-known case, a prankster ridiculed Microsoft, then signed the review "Bill Gates," the name of the company's founder. ..."

8. A Joyful Pilgrimage: My Life in Community by Emmy Arnold (1999)
"One teacher even thought Eberhard was playing a joke and sent him out of the room as a prankster! But step by step people began to accept the fact that he ..."

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