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- noun Plural form of
prank . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
prank .
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Examples
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One of those pranks is downloading music illegally, usually in search of a fitting soundtrack for All Hallows 'eve, one that will frighten the trick or treaters.
Boing Boing 2009
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Frida became part of a group called Las Cachuchas, after the caps they wore, comprising nine precocious intellectuals specializing in pranks as well as serious study.
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Frida became part of a group called Las Cachuchas, after the caps they wore, comprising nine precocious intellectuals specializing in pranks as well as serious study.
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Keep in mind that long-term pranks are the most effective kind.
Prank Potential 2005
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Keep in mind that long-term pranks are the most effective kind.
June 2005 2005
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I really don't think it is accurate to describe Dixon's prose as consisting of "word pranks," unless you think its repetitions, ramblings, and digressions are unfaithful to the way human beings actually confront the world and attempt to make sense of it.
Narrative Strategies 2009
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This is not an exercise in "word pranks" but an effort to represent that experience in something other than conventionally pretty prose.
Narrative Strategies 2009
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April Fools brings out the best and (mostly) worst in pranks.
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April Fools brings out the best and (mostly) worst in pranks.
April 2010 2010
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It's precisely the "word pranks," repeating, explaining, digressing, etc. -- each novel a near-infinite digression, if you'll allow me my own word prank -- that makes Frog compelling -- moving and hilarious in equal parts, often at the same time.
Narrative Strategies 2009
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