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1. Acting like a clown or buffoon
   - buffoonery, clowning, japery, frivolity, harlequinade
    
2. A ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
   - antic, joke, trick, caper, put-on, dido [N. Amer]

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

Derived forms: pranking, pranked, pranks

Type of: adorn, attire, beautify, craziness, deck out, deck up, decorate, diversion, doll up, dress up, embellish, fancy up, fig out, fig up, folly, foolery, get up, grace, gussy up [N. Amer], indulgence, lunacy, ornament, overdress, prink, recreation, rig out, tog out, tog up, tomfoolery, trick out, trick up

Encyclopedia: Prank