Thesaurus results for PRACTICAL JOKE

practical joke

noun

as in prank

a playful or mischievous act intended as a joke friends had left the risqué message on his voice mail as a practical joke

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Recent Examples of practical joke At a lavish country house party, a practical joke appears to have gone horribly, murderously wrong. —

Jake Kanter, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2025 With over 300 episodes to shoot, there was time for some practical jokes. —

Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Sep. 2025 This is all some practical joke that’s being played on me. —

Michael Nied, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025 Jordan had thought he’d been set up for a practical joke. —

Mike Dojc, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for practical joke

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In the novel, Amanda and Oliver attempt to get Eloise to leave by way of some nasty pranks, but Book Eloise remains undeterred and, in fact, loves the challenge of trying to both one-up and win over the twins.

— Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2026
Fashion audiences have been skeptical or even suspicious of his work, accusing Demna of designing these enormous sneakers and blobby silhouettes to play some kind of prank on rich people delusional enough to buy the stuff.

— Rachel Tashjian, CNN Money, 27 Feb. 2026