prankster

noun

prank·​ster ˈpraŋ(k)-stər 

: a person who plays pranks

Examples of prankster in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

San Jose Downtown Association CEO Brian Kurtz played prankster, showing up in a Pittsburgh Penguins jersey, not exactly a welcome sight so close to the Shark Tank. — Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2026

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

Word History

First Known Use

1910, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

prankster

noun

prank·​ster ˈpraŋ(k)-stər 

: a player of pranks