prank
意味
- (悪意のない)悪ふざけ,戯れ
例文
She complained about her boyfriend's prank.
彼女はボーイフレンドの悪ふざけに文句をいった。
Tom and Mary were making prank phone calls.
トムとメアリーは、いたずら電話をかけていた。
That naughty boy annoys me by his pranks.
あのわんぱく小僧のいたずらには閉口する。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
Origin uncertain. Perhaps from Middle English pranken (“to adorn, arrange one's attire”), probably from Middle Dutch pronken, proncken (“to flaunt, make a show, arrange one's attire”), related to German prangen (“to make a show, be resplendent”), Dutch prangen (“to squeeze, press”), Danish pragt (“pomp, splendor”), all from Proto-Germanic *pranganą, *prangijaną, *prag- (“to press, squeeze, thring”), from Proto-Indo-European *brengʰ- (“to press, squeeze”). Or, perhaps ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *brahtaz, similar to Dutch pracht (“splendor”), Swedish prakt (“glory, pomp”) (loaned from Low German).