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PRANK, v.t. To adorn in a showy manner; to dress or adjust to ostentation.
PRANK, n. Properly, a sudden start or sally. [See Prance.] Hence, a wild flight; a capering; a gambol.
PRANK, a. Frolicksome; full of gambols or tricks.
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. To make ostentatious
show.
White houses prank where once were huts. M. Arnold. 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. Full of gambols or
tricks.
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