To adorn in a showy manner; to dress or adjust to ostentation. In sumptuous tire she joyed herself to prank. It is often followed by up. --And me, poor lowly maid, Most goddess-like prankt up.

Properly, a sudden start or sally. Hence, a wild flight; a capering; a gambol.

A capricious action; a ludicrous or merry trick, or a mischievous act, rather for sport than injury. Children often play their pranks on each other. --In came the harpies and played their accustomed pranks.

Frolicksome; full of gambols or tricks.