Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to prank
Participle: pranked
Gerund: pranking
Indicative
Present
| I | prank |
| you | prank |
| he;she;it | pranks |
| we | prank |
| you | prank |
| they | prank |
Perfect
| I | have pranked |
| you | have pranked |
| he;she;it | has pranked |
| we | have pranked |
| you | have pranked |
| they | have pranked |
Past
| I | pranked |
| you | pranked |
| he;she;it | pranked |
| we | pranked |
| you | pranked |
| they | pranked |
Pluperfect
| I | had pranked |
| you | had pranked |
| he;she;it | had pranked |
| we | had pranked |
| you | had pranked |
| they | had pranked |
Future
| I | will prank |
| you | will prank |
| he;she;it | will prank |
| we | will prank |
| you | will prank |
| they | will prank |
Future Perfect
| I | will have pranked |
| you | will have pranked |
| he;she;it | will have pranked |
| we | will have pranked |
| you | will have pranked |
| they | will have pranked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | prank |
| you | prank |
| he;she;it | prank |
| we | prank |
| you | prank |
| they | prank |
Perfect
| I | have pranked |
| you | have pranked |
| he;she;it | have pranked |
| we | have pranked |
| you | have pranked |
| they | have pranked |
Imperfect
| I | pranked |
| you | pranked |
| he;she;it | pranked |
| we | pranked |
| you | pranked |
| they | pranked |
Pluperfect
| I | had pranked |
| you | had pranked |
| he;she;it | had pranked |
| we | had pranked |
| you | had pranked |
| they | had pranked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would prank |
| you | would prank |
| he;she;it | would prank |
| we | would prank |
| you | would prank |
| they | would prank |
Perfect
| I | would have pranked |
| you | would have pranked |
| he;she;it | would have pranked |
| we | would have pranked |
| you | would have pranked |
| they | would have pranked |
Imperative
| you | prank |
| we | Let's prank |
| you | prank |
Verbs conjugated like 'prank'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'prank'
brank,
crank,
frank,
plank,
prang,
prink,
pronk,
rank,
trank,
uprank,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Origin uncertain. Perhaps from Middle English pranken (“to adorn, arrange one's attire”), probably from Middle Dutch pronken, proncken (“to flaunt, make a show, arrange one's attire”), related to German prangen (“to make a show, be resplendent”), Dutch prangen (“to squeeze, press”), Danish pragt (“pomp, splendor”), all from Proto-Germanic *pranganą, *prangijaną, *prag- (“to press, squeeze, thring”), from Proto-Indo-European *brengʰ- (“to press, squeeze”). Or, perhaps ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *brahtaz, similar to Dutch pracht (“splendor”), Swedish prakt (“glory, pomp”) (loaned from Low German).
2. Cognate with Middle Low German prunken (“to flaunt”), German prunken (“to flaunt”), Danish prunke (“to make a show, prank”). Sense of "mischievous act" from earlier verbal sense of "to be crafty or subtle, set in order, adjust". See also prink, prance, prong. See: German, old spelling '
prangen', Dutch '
prangen', Proto-Germanic '
*pranganą', German, old spelling '
prunken', Danish '
prunke'.
Verbs referencing "prank"
German, old spelling
pranken.
Sample Sentences
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“If someone’s pranking me,” Rowlands remembered thinking, “they’re going to great lengths to make it work.” [2007 May 13, Karen Crouse, “Still Invitation Only, but Jets Widen Door for Camp”, in New York Times:]
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Hey man, prank me when you wanna get picked up.
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I don't have your number in my phone; can you prank me?
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In sumptuous tire she ioyd her selfe to prancke [1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 36:]
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1748, James Thomson, The Castle of Indolence, B:II
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And there a Seaſon atween June and May,
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Half prankt with Spring, with Summer half imbrown'd,
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A liſtleſs Climate made, where, Sooth to ſay,
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No living Wight could work, ne cared even for Play.
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Flora, wanton-eyed
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For birth, and with all flowrets prankt and pied: [1880, Dante Gabriel Rosetti, For Spring, by Sandro Botticelli, lines 2–3:]
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White houses prank where once were huts. [1867, Matthew Arnold, “Obermann Once More”, in New Poems:]