prank > define

noun

• Acting like a clown or buffoon.
  • synonyms: buffoonery, clowning, japery, frivolity, harlequinade
• A ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement.
  • synonyms: antic, joke, trick, caper, put-on

verb

• Dress or decorate showily or gaudily.
  • usage: "Roses were pranking the lawn"
• Dress up showily.
  • usage: "He pranked himself out in his best clothes"

• (a.) Full of gambols or tricks.
• (n.) A gay or sportive action; a ludicrous, merry or mischievous trick; a caper; a frolic.
• (v.t.) To adorn in a showy manner; to dress or equip ostentatiously; -- often followed by up; as, to prank up the body. See Prink.
• (v.i.) To make ostentatious show.