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Recent Examples of prankster
On his first solo release in eight years, 100 gecs’ mutant-pop prankster turns his attention to relatively straightforward big-tent EDM—but not without a little noise-scene provocation.
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Colin Joyce, Pitchfork, 25 Mar. 2026
When Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor first became a tabloid character in the 1980s, he was best known for his prankster nature, naval service, and a few scandalous girlfriends.
—Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 19 Feb. 2026
And Belushi, who is nothing short of a revelation in Stewart’s feature directing debut, would adjust his register, finding the sadness drowning in a sea of booze and revealing the struggling family man hiding behind the prankster persona.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 11 Dec. 2025
If there was humor to be shared — by her or at her — Turner was typically either the prankster, or the prankstee.
—Brian Robin, Oc Register, 2 Dec. 2025
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Colin Joyce, Pitchfork, 25 Mar. 2026
When Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor first became a tabloid character in the 1980s, he was best known for his prankster nature, naval service, and a few scandalous girlfriends.
—Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 19 Feb. 2026
And Belushi, who is nothing short of a revelation in Stewart’s feature directing debut, would adjust his register, finding the sadness drowning in a sea of booze and revealing the struggling family man hiding behind the prankster persona.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 11 Dec. 2025
If there was humor to be shared — by her or at her — Turner was typically either the prankster, or the prankstee.
—Brian Robin, Oc Register, 2 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prankster
Noun
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How does history distinguish knaves from legendary figures?—
W.E. Gutman,
Sun Sentinel,
8 July 2025
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Human beings are motivated by virtue (knights) or rigid self-interest (knaves), or are passive victims of their circumstances (pawns).—
Sachin H. Jain,
Forbes,
20 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Even at the height of his fame, there were dubious aspects of his personal life — often self-seeded to sustain his enigma — that poked hellified holes in his impermeability as an entertainer.—
Rodney Carmichael,
NPR,
3 June 2026
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For a photo-worthy moment, a tour bus inspired by the very one Dolly has traveled in for years will also be on site for guests to learn about her life on the road as an entertainer.—
Carly Caramanna,
Travel + Leisure,
3 June 2026
Noun
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My mother was a total gem but also a bit of a rascal.—
Catherine Pearson,
New York Times,
8 May 2026
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Right now, the rascal in him slumbers, briefly glimpsed now and again behind dark shades.—
Emma Madden,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Seeing a knockabout comedy set outdoors is a whole different barrel of laughs.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2026
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This new film is a very black comedy that is also a heist story with some bloody violence, along with a bit of knockabout slapstick and a theme of family bonds.—
Caryn James,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Aug. 2025
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When news of Israel’s secret outposts in Iraq’s desert emerged, Iraqis admonished their leaders as traitors, and the boisterous militiamen affiliated with the government as impostors for allowing their land to be colonized by an enemy.—
Nabil Salih,
Time,
26 May 2026
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These scams often include government impostors, direct deposit fraud, phishing, identity theft, payment redirection and social media scams.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
25 May 2026
Noun
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Perry was best known for playing lovable wisecracker Chandler Bing on the hit sitcom Friends, and also starred in films like Fools Rush In and 17 Again.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Like the Smokies, Allegheny National Forest boasts its own impressive roster of wildlife, including black bear, deer, foxes, wild turkeys, salamanders, beavers, and snowshoe hare.—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Travel + Leisure,
7 June 2026
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Its trio, a lonely fox-deer, an axolotl apprentice healer and a red panda Viking, travel through a darkening natural world as the series folds identity, belonging and environmental crisis.—
Callum McLennan,
Variety,
1 June 2026
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Yet as a child he was considered more clever than cutup.—
Adam Moss,
Vulture,
17 Apr. 2026
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Such systems also house analytics programming, sections where mock drafts are monitored to gauge external chatter about players, video libraries of film cutups, charts with testing results and more advanced metrics such as play speed.—
Jourdan Rodrigue,
New York Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Prankster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prankster. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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