prankster

noun

prank·​ster ˈpraŋ(k)-stər How to pronounce prankster (audio)
Synonyms of pranksternext
: a person who plays pranks

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Always a prankster, Diana particularly loved when the press reported that her budget costume jewelry was real. Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 26 June 2026 Specifically, DuckDuckGo’s AI feature seems to have gotten fooled by a game of telephone kicked off by internet pranksters and laundered into blatant misinformation on a leading search engine. Frank Landymore, Futurism, 25 June 2026 Even Stevens was never afraid to go all out for its constant string of gags and jokes, led by Shia LaBeouf as the immature prankster Louis Stevens. Christian Holub, Entertainment Weekly, 21 June 2026 But every time the cones were removed from the statue, they were promptly replaced with new ones by pranksters. Matt Schooley, CBS News, 18 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for prankster

Word History

First Known Use

1910, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of prankster was in 1910

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“Prankster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prankster. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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prankster

noun
prank·​ster ˈpraŋ(k)-stər How to pronounce prankster (audio)
: a player of pranks

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