Practical Joker

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Practical Joker

Definition: Practical Joker

Practical Joker

Noun

1. Someone who plays practical jokes on others.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Synonyms: Practical Joker

Synonyms: hoaxer (n), prankster (n), tricker (n), trickster (n). (additional references)

Synonyms within Context: Practical Joker

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Humorist	Noun: humorist, wag, wit, reparteeist, epigrammatist, punster; bel esprit, life of the party; wit-snapper, wit-cracker, wit-worm; joker, jester, Joe Miller, drole de corps, gaillard, spark; bon diable; practical joker.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Practical Joker

Specialty definitions using "practical joker": lace card. (references)

Modern Usage: Practical Joker

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Please, Damon is the biggest practical joker I know (Urban Legend; writing credit: Silvio Horta)
Movie/TV Titles	Practical Joker (1944)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Commercial Usage: Practical Joker

Domain	Title
Books	Caution Practical Joker Ahead (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Star Trek - The Animated Series, Vol. 10: The Pirates of Orion/ The Practical Joker (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Modern Translation: Practical Joker

Language		Translations for "practical joker"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Finnish		koiranleuka (wag), hulluttelija (madcap). (various references)

Greek		φαρσέρ (wag). (various references)

Hebrew		קו� �"ס (japer, prankster, scamp). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		担ぎ屋 (blackmarket peddler, superstitious person). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		かつぎや (blackmarket peddler, superstitious person). (various references)

Pig Latin		acticalpray okerjay.(various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Practical Joker

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-e-i-j-k-l-o-p-r-r-t"
	-4 letters: praetorial, reciprocal, replicator.
	-5 letters: acropetal, aleatoric, capacitor, carjacker, cercarial, cockatiel, cracklier, erratical, practical, practicer, precocial, precoital, racetrack, raptorial, rectorial, retropack.
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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern

5. Usage: Commercial
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography

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