Prank and Whim

Prank

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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Whim and prank are semantically related. in frivolity topic. In some cases you can use "Whim" instead a noun "Prank".

Nearby Words: prankish, prankster, pranked, pranking

Whim noun - A sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action.

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Prank and whim are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Prank" instead a noun "Whim".

Nearby Words: whimsical, whimsy, whimper

good	good prank	good whim
simple	simple prank	simple whim
stupid	stupid prank	stupid whim
little	little prank	little whim
Other adjectives: bad, cruel, childish, possible, random, latest.

Horace also doesn't run away on a whim, but instea out of anger at his father after a prank where Horace releases rats at a formal dinner gravely offends a visiting ambassador, leaving his father to declare he's had enough, and that there will be no more whipping boy, among other punishments.

Source: Literature / The Whipping Boy

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