Definition of Prankle

1. to prance lightly [v PRANKLED, PRANKLING, PRANKLES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prankle

prank calls
pranked
prankee
prankees
pranker
prankers
prankful
prankier
prankiest
pranking
prankings
prankish
prankishly
prankishness
prankishnesses
prankle (current term)
prankled
prankles
prankling
pranks
pranksome
pranksomeness
prankster
pranksterish
pranksters
pranky
prannies
pranotherapist
pranotherapists

Literary usage of Prankle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"prankle, (I) v. To prance. (2) ». A prawn. Wight. PRASE,«. A small common. Corme. PRAT, ». The buttock. Dekker. PRATE-APACE, ». A talkative per« son. ..."

2. The Sailor's Word-book: An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, Including by William Henry Smyth (1867)
"prankle. A Channel term for the prawn. PRATIQUE. A Mediterranean term, implying the license to trade and communicate with any place after having performed ..."

3. The Jewish Communal Register of New York City, 1917-1918 by Jewish Community of New York City, Samuel Margoshes (1918)
"Meetings: 2nd and 4th Sundays, at 83 Forsyth St. Près., Louis Luboff, 628 Cleveland St.. B'klyn. Sec'y. Joseph prankle, 1778 Park PI., B'klyn. ..."

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