Gambit and Prank

Gambit

Gambit noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.

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Prank and gambit are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Prank" instead a noun "Gambit".

Prank noun - A playful or mischievous act intended as a joke.

Usage example: as a prank, several students managed to change all the classroom clocks to different times

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Gambit and prank are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Gambit" instead a noun "Prank".

Nearby Words: prankish, prankster, pranked, pranking

old	old gambit	old prank
good	good gambit	good prank
long	long gambit	long prank
elaborate	elaborate gambit	elaborate prank
Other adjectives: similar, mean, complex, fake, real, successful, massive, big, complicated, huge, little, bad, cruel, final, minor, classic, next, last, latest, occasional, giant, aforementioned.

Batman Gambit: Pinkie Pie sets up a fake prank on Fluttershy (naturally aborted) in order to prank her real target, Rainbow Dash (with the old inked eyepiece gag).

Source: Recap / My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic S1 E5 "Griffon the Brush Off"
Batman Gambit: The prank depends on the Dean getting provoked by the balloon, popping it, to soak himself, and the car, with paint.

Source: Film / Scent of a Woman
Batman Gambit: In one April Fools episode, Rattus claims that he's not going to bother joining the other Ferals in their usual prank celebration.

Source: Series / The Ferals

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