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Grammar : Adj
Spell : prang-kish
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpræŋ kɪʃ



Definition of prankish

  • As in jaunty : adj lively
  • As in playful : adj funny, fun-loving
  • As in elfish : adj mischievous
  • As in pixilated : adj eccentric
  • As in puckish : adj impish
  • As in sportive : adj lively
  • As in elfin : adj mischievous; small
  • As in frisky : adj full of spirit
  • As in impish : adj mischievous
Example sentences :
  • The prankish action of the ghosts in cutting the pockets out of trousers.
  • Extract from : « The Roycroft Dictionary » by Elbert Hubbard
  • Every child should know Mr. Cox's prankish, helpful Brownies.
  • Extract from : « A Mother's List of Books for Children » by Gertrude Weld Arnold
  • That was all, but Peggy knew that it would serve its prankish purpose.
  • Extract from : « The Girl Aviators' Sky Cruise » by Margaret Burnham
  • She chides them for their duplicity, then extols them for their prankish playfulness.
  • Extract from : « The Vitalized School » by Francis B. Pearson
  • His limbs were stiff and sore; his face was drenched by the fine rain that had searched him out with prankish glee.
  • Extract from : « The Man From Brodney's » by George Barr McCutcheon
  • To mark this last ball of the year the young officers introduced some of the prankish features of their happy cadet days.
  • Extract from : « Betty at Fort Blizzard » by Molly Elliot Seawell
  • Incomplete as it may be: youthful and prankish as some of it is, the thought and manner of the time are imaged there.
  • Extract from : « Studies of Contemporary Poets » by Mary C. Sturgeon
  • This prankish mood of the crew was shown in their efforts to make Dinshaw uncomfortable.
  • Extract from : « Isle o' Dreams » by Frederick F. Moore
  • The wind, with a prankish flurry, flapped the flying newspaper against the face of the skittish bay.
  • Extract from : « Whirligigs » by O. Henry
  • She was myself in miniature, and moreover the most witching, prankish, peppery elf that was ever made.
  • Extract from : « At Last » by Marion Harland

Synonyms for prankish

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