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What does "prank" mean?

Prank: To adorn in a showy manner; to dress or equip ostentatiously; - - often followed by up; as, to prank up the body. See Prink. In sumptuous tire she joyed herself to prank. Spenser.

Additional senses

  1. 2.To make ostentatious show. White houses prank where once were huts. M. Arnold.
  2. 3.A gay or sportive action; a ludicrous, merry, or mischievous trick; a caper; a frolic. Spenser. The harpies . . . played their accustomed pranks. Sir W. Raleigh. His pranks have been too broad to bear with. Shak.
  3. 4.Full of gambols or tricks. [Obs.]

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