🗓️ Idiom: Be a Prankster (noun/verb)
💬 Meaning
- To be someone who enjoys playing jokes or tricks on others.
- Describes a person who often makes people laugh with harmless pranks.
🧠 Example Sentences
- Mark is known to be a prankster in the office, he once covered all the keyboards in sticky notes.
- You can be a prankster and still keep things friendly and professional.
- Our manager used to be a prankster, but now she only joins in on April Fool’s Day.
🏛️ Origin
The word prankster comes from the noun prank, which means a playful trick. It was first used in the 1700s to describe someone who enjoys mischievous jokes or light-hearted teasing. The idea of a prankster is someone who creates laughter through fun surprises.
📝 Practice Exercises
1. Fill in the blank:
If you enjoy making your coworkers laugh with harmless tricks, you might be a ________.
Answer
prankster
2. Choose the correct answer:
What does it mean to “be a prankster”?
a) To complain about someone at work
b) To enjoy playing light-hearted jokes on others
c) To avoid talking during meetings
Answer
b) To enjoy playing light-hearted jokes on others
3. Change the sentence using “be a prankster”:
“Tom often plays funny tricks on his team members.”
Answer
Tom is a prankster.
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