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# prankster

«prankster» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who likes playing pranks — tricks or jokes on…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a prankster, pranksters)

### meaning for a pupil

A prankster is a person who likes playing pranks — tricks or jokes on other people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prankster/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In stories a prankster is often a cheeky, funny character who sets up tricks like a whoopee cushion or a bucket of water over a door. In everyday life and safety, a good prank makes everyone laugh, including the person tricked; a prank that scares, hurts, damages things or embarrasses someone is not funny. April Fools' pranks are common. Phrases: a class prankster, a famous prankster.

### examples

- My cousin is the family prankster. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prankster/#x1)
- The prankster hid a rubber spider in the lunchbox. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prankster/#x2)
- Everyone knew the prankster had swapped the salt and sugar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prankster/#x3)
- A good prankster knows when to stop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prankster/#x4)
- The teacher caught the prankster in the act. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prankster/#x5)
- Some pranksters go too far and hurt people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prankster/#x6)

### note

Countable: a prankster, pranksters. Related words: prank (the trick), to prank someone. A prankster is not the same as a bully: a bully wants to hurt; a prankster wants a laugh — but if the other person is upset, the prank has gone wrong.

### In the corpora

- [Pranks that need cleaning up should be cleaned up by the prankster.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/438-funny-pranks/24/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «prankster» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prankster/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.