prankish

[ prang-kish ]

adjective

1. of the nature of a prank:

   a prankish plan.

2. full of pranks; prank; playful:

   a prankish child; a prankish kitten.

Other Words From

• prankish·ly adverb
• prankish·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of prankish¹

First recorded in 1820–30; prank ¹ + -ish ¹

Example Sentences

“It remains as outrageously prankish, juvenile, and derisive as ever,” writes David Denby in the New Yorker magazine’s blog.

From Los Angeles Times

It also suited Scott’s shooting style: long takes, not a lot of notes, multiple cameras and a prankish sense of humor.

From Los Angeles Times

Workplaces, theater marquees, pillows, municipal services: everything starts to absorb their prankish tendencies until the ending sequence combines it all into a kind of over-the-top, technicolor uneasiness.

From Salon

Korine has always had a hand in other creative endeavors, which coalesce into something of a unified worldview that mixes an outsider’s love of pop culture, prankish humor and thoughtful artistic explorations.

From Los Angeles Times

What the prankish and abundantly coifed 40-year-old Mr. Gaetz, a Florida Republican, plans to do with his new clout is a matter of intense speculation in Washington.

From New York Times

Related Words

• cheerful
• comical
• flirtatious
• frisky
• good-natured
• impish
• joking
• lighthearted
• lively
• mischievous
• spirited
• sprightly
• tongue-in-cheek
• whimsical