noun

• (obsolete) An evil deed; a malicious trick, an act of cruel deception.
  "She played a cruel prank on him."

verb

• (transitive) To perform a practical joke on; to trick and make a fool of someone.
  "“If someone’s pranking me,” Rowlands remembered thinking, “they’re going to great lengths to make it work.”"
• (transitive) To perform a practical joke on; to trick and make a fool of someone.
• (transitive, slang) To call someone's phone and hang up before they answer, so as to send them a notification (of a missed call) without incurring fees.
  "Hey man, prank me when you wanna get picked up."
• (transitive, archaic) To adorn in a showy manner; to dress or equip ostentatiously.
  "In sumptuous tire she ioyd her selfe to prancke"