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- adjective Having the character of a
prank
Etymologies
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Examples
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I suppose I said 'pranky' because the deed was done before anyone else from either campaign had arrived.
Straw Poll results Ellen Beth Gill 2008
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The father of the bride, notwithstanding that Ignat was known even in Ural as a "pranky" man, gave him his daughter in marriage, and toward autumn Ignat Gordyeeff came home with
The Man Who Was Afraid Maksim Gorky 1902
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two bits, I agree with most of what you say except the "pranky" stuff.
Straw Poll results Ellen Beth Gill 2008
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For starters, Jalopy's "awe-inspiring Silverlake studio is almost never open to the public," as Mark said, but I saw the stuff they're constructing: laser mazes, fake museum ID creation stations, an industrial pizza oven, all kinds of crazy crafty Maker pranky goodness.
Boing Boing 2009
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"A kind of American Idol meets Borat - without the pranky cultural warfare," suggests ST VanAirsdale at the Reeler.
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As soon as the rest of the Seals' people arrived, they asked the overzealous, pranky staff to remove the signs and behave with decorum.
Straw Poll results Ellen Beth Gill 2008
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Go pay your $9 to Godaddy and you, too, can have some pranky fun! reply
A Case Study In Personal Brand Destruction Michael Arrington 2005
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Sandy got his Provost putten richt; but some o 'the rest o' his notables were juist as pranky.
My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond
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Sandy juist got gey pranky, as uswal, afore he was lang startit.
My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond
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The old man nodded and a queer smile played round the corners of his mouth -- the smile of a pranky schoolboy.
Men of Affairs Roland Pertwee
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