prank

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Noun

1. A practical joke or mischievous trick.
2. (obsolete) An evil deed; a malicious trick, an act of cruel deception.

Verb

1. (transitive) To perform a practical joke on; to trick and make a fool of someone.
2. (transitive) To perform a practical joke on; to trick and make a fool of someone.
3. (slang, transitive) To call someone's phone and hang up before they answer, so as to send them a notification (of a missed call) without incurring fees.
4. (archaic, transitive) To adorn in a showy manner; to dress or equip ostentatiously.
5. (intransitive) To make an ostentatious show.

Έννοιες

φάρσα

αστείο

αταξία

θεατρινισμός

παιγνίδι

παιδιά

στολίζω

πλάκα

καραγκιοζιλίκι

Συνώνυμα

trick

joke

🤣

practical joke

jest

escapade

mischief

caper

antic

lark

freak

jape

gag

play

put-on

frivolity

frolic

fun

wisecrack

clowning

harlequinade

buffoonery

mischievous trick

horseplay

dido

teasing

japery

irregularity

mess

mischievous

mischievousness

naughtiness

ornament

overdress

perk

prim

primp

prink

privateer

rig

roguery

romp

ruse

shenanigan

strike

tease

titivate

tog

toy

trim

vagrancy

Μεταφράσεις

burla

Streich

Schabernack

farce

broma

🤣

travesura

beffa

🤣

trote

frasque

travessura

grap

🤣

streek

plaisanterie

🤣

scherzo

🤣

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/pɹæŋk/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Κληρονομήθηκε από Μέσα Αγγλικά: pranken

Συγγενές με Γερμανικά: prangen

Συγγενές με Ολλανδικά: prangen

Συγγενές με Δανικά: pragt

Συγγενές με Ολλανδικά: pracht

Συγγενές με Σουηδικά: prakt

Συγγενές με Middle Low German: prunken

Συγγενές με Γερμανικά: prunken

Συγγενές με Δανικά: prunke

In summary

Origin uncertain. Perhaps from Middle English pranken (“to adorn, arrange one's attire”), probably from Middle Dutch pronken, proncken (“to flaunt, make a show, arrange one's attire”), related to German prangen (“to make a show, be resplendent”), Dutch prangen (“to squeeze, press”), Danish pragt (“pomp, splendor”), all from Proto-Germanic *pranganą, *prangijaną, *prag- (“to press, squeeze, thring”), from Proto-Indo-European *brAngh- (“to press, squeeze”). Or, perhaps ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *brahtaz, similar to Dutch pracht (“splendor”), Swedish prakt (“glory, pomp”) (loaned from Low German).
Cognate with Middle Low German prunken (“to flaunt”), German prunken (“to flaunt”), Danish prunke (“to make a show, prank”). Sense of "mischievous act" from earlier verbal sense of "to be crafty or subtle, set in order, adjust". See also prink, prance, prong.