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 →

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 →
• The prankster hid a rubber spider in the lunchbox. tree →
• Everyone knew the prankster had swapped the salt and sugar. tree →
• A good prankster knows when to stop. tree →
• The teacher caught the prankster in the act. tree →
• Some pranksters go too far and hurt people. tree →

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.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «prankster» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.