prank

Example Sentences

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It would get well into the afternoon and they'd still be there, drinking coffee, chatting, playing pranks on each other and up to stuff you wouldn't believe.

From BBC

Reed said he thought it might have been an isolated prank — his next-door neighbors didn’t receive any such messages — until his sister showed him a neighborhood Facebook page.

From Los Angeles Times

Banksy soon took credit for the prank, saying he hid the remote-controlled shredder in the frame.

From The Wall Street Journal

She’d tell stories of the tricky little monkeys from Ghanaian myths who liked to cause trouble, play pranks, and … whistle.

From Literature

"These are not the shots of a number 11," added Botham, as if he was being pranked by the whole of Australia as payback for his own Ashes exploits.

From BBC