prankster

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Recent Examples of prankster Your inner prankster awakens during Mercury retrograde. Usa Today, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025 However, the young prankster alleges Cairo acted more violently than originally believed. Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025 Not with the return of coffee culture but with a new lineup from a YouTube prankster called PUMP energy which contains six hundred milligrams of caffeine per can, in flavors like Lemonade Ice Nicotine and Strawberry Sports-Betting. Reuven Perlman, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025 Michael Shannon can be a prankster, particularly during interviews conducted over the phone. Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for prankster
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prankster
Noun
  • How does history distinguish knaves from legendary figures?
    W.E. Gutman, Sun Sentinel, 8 July 2025
  • 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
  • Johnson, a 54-year-old entertainer who hosts gospel brunches and soul nights in Inglewood according to his social media, did not respond to messages or a letter left at his home.
    Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2026
  • Over the course of 120 shows, the entertainer’s gross ticket sales topped more than $100 million.
    Mark Gray, PEOPLE, 31 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • In the years since 2004’s Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, Penn’s carved out a niche embodying big-talking, attention-grabbing rascals who say inappropriate things, then shrug their way through the consequences.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2026
  • In a time when unemployment is on the rise and the rich are running amok and wreaking havoc on the poor — and the social services in place to support them — who doesn’t love the idea of rogue rascals sticking it to a bougie institution by running off with its crown jewels?
    Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 12 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • After China made investments in Panama, El Salvador, and the Dominican Republic, all three countries agreed to cut their diplomatic ties with Taiwan, which Beijing views as a rogue province.
    Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2026
  • This represents a breakdown in checks and balances, and a lack of political courage on the part of Republicans to constrain a rogue president.
    Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 14 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • In such places – and especially when the would-be ally’s role is highly visible and entails heavy responsibility – people are vulnerable to impostor feelings.
    John M. LaVelle, The Conversation, 9 Dec. 2025
  • Now, artificial intelligence has become the latest battleground for digital impostors.
    Staff, FOXNews.com, 28 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Eventually, the fox coaxed its tiny kits out of their den and led them on their first foray into the open.
    Nicholas DeRenzo, Travel + Leisure, 13 Jan. 2026
  • The foxes were moved to Audubon Zoo in New Orleans, Peacock said.
    Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 12 Jan. 2026

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“Prankster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prankster. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.

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