Pranking

Word PRANKING
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Definitions and meanings of "Pranking"

What do we mean by pranking?

To perform a practical joke on; to trick.

To call someone's phone and promptly hang up

To adorn in a showy manner; to dress or equip ostentatiously.

To make ostentatious show.

Is the act of someone ringing your mobile once quickly with caller ID with no intention of you picking it up, so that you will call them back. Generally becuase they are a cheap ass. It originated from people with little credit on their mobile when they needed to make an important call, now it is misused for unimportant calls and many people wont return the pranking even from friends. It is frowned upon to do so and people who do it often generally end up with little respect. Urban Dictionary

As well as being used by cheap friends, pranking is also being reported as being used as a marketing strategy in Australia. You miss a call and your phone records it with caller ID, you return the call and find you're listening to a recorded marketing message Urban Dictionary

A prank used to mean a practical joke, but the definition has slightly changed in the age of the youtube 'prank' video. Nowadays a prank means saying provocative shit to someone, while secretly recording them, and then screaming "it's a prank, bro, it's a prank" when you elicit a violent response. Urban Dictionary

A well played trick. Urban Dictionary

Rhetorical question, synonymous with 'is this a joke?' asked when something even remotely unexpected has occurred. Soulless teenage girls have recently been prone to using this phrase because "is this a joke?" has become too mainstream; the use of it gives them a feeling of individuality. Urban Dictionary

A practical joke. There are the pranksters and the victims, the idea of pranks are to make people laugh, In some cases, even the victim (The good type). Pranks are common on YouTube, they gain controversy which is usually the YouTuber's intention. More Controversy = More Views = More revenue. This is, like many, a word that has lost its meaning through the years and has gotten worse and worse. Silly -> Slight Inconvenience -> Bullying -> "Social Experiment". Urban Dictionary

A word to say when something doesn't go according to plan. E.g Urban Dictionary

N. v. A mean spirited or malicious practical joke. Often pranks are aimed towards authority figures or disliked peers. Embarassing or painful to the prankee, but normally not fatal. Urban Dictionary

Having been on the receiving end of a prank Urban Dictionary

Being a dick to random people on the street. Urban Dictionary

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The word "pranking" in example sentences

As a young person, probably because I didn't have athletics or good looks to earn me much attention, I turned to pranking for social amusement and gratification. ❋ Millie Kerr (2011)

Once upon a time, America only had "Candid Camera" to turn to when its thirst for pranking needed to be quenched. ❋ The Huffington Post (2011)

Okay I liked him on the subway, and hanging in the bus shelter, and that kind of innocuous “pranking”. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It used to be that this sort of pranking was limited to Ashton Kutcher and the folks at Dateline. ❋ Unknown (2011)

"People think we're pranking stars — no," host Mitchell Musso tells TVGuide.com. ❋ Unknown (2011)

His introduction shows how important first impressions can be: Miner arrives to find Jim pranking Dwight and immediately pegs Jim as a lazy trouble-maker, while Dwight appears to be ideal number two material. ❋ Unknown (2011)

And if you take Albert Brook's expository monologue at face value, Nicolas Winding Refn knows he's pranking the critics. ❋ Scott Mendelson (2011)

Signs point to the Yes Men, whose primary way of pranking-the-world-in-order-to-save-it is to pass themselves off as representatives of an organization and make big splashy announcements about major policy changes. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And I could definitely see colleagues friendly-pranking one another by sending in a pic and bio on their coworkers -- like, with the story of how they got their nickname, or something (hopefully they know one another well enough to do something like that, and I'd pull any postings that make people upset). ❋ SVGL (2008)

You realize you guys are in for some pranking from Captain Sig and Captains Hilstrand. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Seriously why would your waste you time pranking a zoo ❋ Unknown (2009)

They are asked to get in a fight and lose, and then they start pranking the world, demagnetizing videos, getting birds to poop on brand new cars, and other mischievous acts. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Steve sure can present by the way, dropping Computer from Apple, pranking Starbucks with cartoon character appearances from Revenge of Nerd Schmidt and 5th Wiggle Yang. ❋ Ben Barren (2007)

Prompts didn't always produce when it came to their shared personal history of pranking one another, acts that had increased in frequency over the last couple of years. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He wanted his hope to be infectious, and maintained humor by pranking public officials like Diane Feinstein and the mayor and being often outrageous on television or in person in some way. ❋ Unknown (2009)

John: "My girlfriend has been pranking me all night" Tony: "Dude she is doing that to you way too often" John: "[no shit]" Tony: "what a [cheap ass] [gold digger]" ❋ Trez_City (2006)

"oh, missed a call from 9555-1234...I wonder [who that is]..." [Dial] 9555-1234... ''Thanks for calling back! For an online quote for lower cost [car insurance] go to www. ...'' Click! "Damn, I wish they'd stop pranking me". ❋ SteveD (2008)

(Youtube Prankster approaches a girl walking with her boyfriend) [YP]: DAMNNNNNN! Look at those melons. Can I please put my face in those melons? Random girl: What the fuck? (The expected happens and the girl and/or her boyfriend react violently to this sexual harrassment) YP (after getting a slap in the face): It's a prank, bro, it's a prank. Look there's a camera right there! It's not sexual harassment if the camera's on. Our [youtube hero] continues on his humorous adventures. This time, he is joined by a athletic looking black guy who looks like he can throw a punch. YP: Yo! You wanna hear a joke? Black Guy: Yeah! YP: What does a black guy do after sex? BG: What? YP: [15 to life]! [hue hue hue]. BG: (Smacks our hero in the face) YP: It's a prank, bro, it's a prank. It's not racist, bro, the camera's on. ❋ The CowThatWentAllahuAckbar (2015)

[See] "[practical joke]" ❋ Sleeping.in (2004)

1. Teacher: today we will be having a pop quiz. [Teenage girl]: is this [a prank]? what's happening...? 2. Doctor: you're entire family has died in a car accident. Teenage girl: meep. Is this a prank? 3. *drops a [french fry] on the floor Teenage girl: is this a prank? 4. *absolutely nothing has happened at all Teenage girl: is this a prank? ❋ Ijusthatepeople (2011)

Ethan decided that he would [prank] innocent shoppers by [spitting] food on the floor and shouting at the top of his [lungs]. ❋ SanicLeHegHog (2017)

*[Robs] a bank* Police: [I'ma] shoot you You: It's a prank Police: [You're free] to go ❋ Wordexpert123 (2015)

Filling your [friend's] [fire extinguisher] with [gasoline]. ❋ Eatthebottles (2004)

[lol] he [got] pranked ❋ Batman12122122 (2009)

Yo so today we're gonna [prank] some [black people] by [asking] them to have sex with them. ❋ ClusterFuck (2015)

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