prank (n.) Old form(s): prankes
trick, frolic, mischief
CE II.ii.218[Adriana to Antipholus of Syracuse] I'll ... shrive you of a thousand idle pranks
TNK IV.iii.79[Doctor to Wooer, of the Gaoler's Daughter] other objects ... become the pranks and friskins of her madness [i.e. what makes her madness play tricks and jump about]
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