prankster

noun

prank·​ster ˈpraŋ(k)-stər 

: a person who plays pranks

Examples of prankster in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

These wearables are now a favorite tool among pickup artist content creators, perverts, and pranksters. — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 3 Aug. 2026

Always a prankster, Diana particularly loved when the press reported that her budget costume jewelry was real. — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 26 June 2026

Specifically, DuckDuckGo’s AI feature seems to have gotten fooled by a game of telephone kicked off by internet pranksters and laundered into blatant misinformation on a leading search engine. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 25 June 2026

Even Stevens was never afraid to go all out for its constant string of gags and jokes, led by Shia LaBeouf as the immature prankster Louis Stevens. — Christian Holub, Entertainment Weekly, 21 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1910, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

prankster

noun

prank·​ster ˈpraŋ(k)-stər 

: a player of pranks