pranksters

plural of prankster

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Noun
  • Scary Movie released in theaters on Friday, treating fans after a long hiatus to classically raunchy, Wayans-style send-ups of films like Get Out, Sinners, and M3GAN, all of which were glimpsed in teasers and trailers leading up to the premiere.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 6 June 2026
  • Since movie teasers trickled out in late 2025, plus a surprise sneak peek during this year's Super Bowl LX, critics have taken to Spielberg's new movie and the overall reaction has been positive.
    Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 28 May 2026
Noun
  • Try for yourselves, ye witless knaves— Take each to bed your Sally!
    Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026
Noun
  • The two buffoons shave her head, chain her in the basement of a messy remote home and then accuse her of being an alien.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
  • But times have changed, and this team of buffoons is forced to grapple with changing industry ethics and sensationalist journalism in its transition, all while Ron faces an identity crisis that challenges his bravado, his massive ego.
    Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Others estimate that $500 billion in federal spending is diverted by charlatans each year.
    Las Vegas Review-Journal, Twin Cities, 7 June 2026
  • The 21st century’s obstacles for young men—as seen in deaths of despair and lagging employment—have been amply publicized both by credible journalists and by charlatans such as Fuentes.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Hang out with sheep, meet magicians and clowns and explore the amusement park.
    Cole Premo, CBS News, 29 June 2026
  • The only leaders more buffoonish and lethal than the fairground hucksters elected in our failing democracies are the omnipotent clowns of tyranny.
    Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026
Noun
  • Of all the former rascals, Symoné has enjoyed the longest and most successful career in entertainment.
    Andrew Walsh, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Jan. 2026
  • In the years since 2004’s Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, Penn’s carved out a niche embodying big-talking, attention-grabbing rascals who say inappropriate things, then shrug their way through the consequences.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • There are Jewish jokes and Jewish jokesters and Nazis who torture and kill the jokesters.
    Cathleen Schine, The New York Review of Books, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Some people might bring nice presents, while jokesters may put far less valuable gifts in their boxes.
    Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • When news of Israel’s secret outposts in Iraq’s desert emerged, Iraqis admonished their leaders as traitors, and the boisterous militiamen affiliated with the government as impostors for allowing their land to be colonized by an enemy.
    Nabil Salih, Time, 26 May 2026
  • These scams often include government impostors, direct deposit fraud, phishing, identity theft, payment redirection and social media scams.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 May 2026
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“Pranksters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pranksters. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.

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