prank

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a playful or mischievous trick; to play such a trick

   Their harmless prank left the whole office laughing.

Simplified etymology

Prank is of unknown origin. In the early 16th century it referred to a wicked or malicious act, and only later softened to mean a practical joke or piece of mischief.

Of uncertain origin, attested from the 16th century; possibly related to dialectal prank ('to deck, adorn'), itself of obscure Germanic origin.

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