different between prank vs shaka

English

Etymology

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”). Cognate with Middle Low German prunken (“to flaunt”), German prunken (“to flaunt”), Danish prunke (“to make a show, prank”). Connected also with German prangen (“to make a show, be resplendent”), Dutch prangen (“to squeeze, press”), Danish pragt (“pomp, splendor”), all from Proto-Germanic *prangan?, *prangijan?, *prag- (“to press, squeeze, thring”), from Proto-Indo-European *brAngh- (“to press, squeeze”). Sense of "mischievous act" from earlier verbal sense of "to be crafty or subtle, set in order, adjust". See also prink, prance, prong.

Pronunciation

• enPR: pr?ngk, IPA^(key): /p?æ?k/
• Rhymes: -æ?k

Noun

prank (plural pranks)

1. A practical joke or mischievous trick.

   He pulled a gruesome prank on his sister.

   • The harpies […] played their accustomed pranks.

2. (obsolete) An evil deed; a malicious trick, an act of cruel deception.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:joke

Derived terms

• prankish
• pranksome
• prankster
• pranky

Translations

Verb

prank (third-person singular simple present pranks, present participle pranking, simple past pranked, past participle pranked or (archaic) prankt)

1. (transitive) To perform a practical joke on; to trick.
2. (transitive, slang) To call someone's phone and promptly hang up

   Hey man, prank me when you wanna get picked up.

   I don't have your number in my phone; can you prank me?

3. (transitive) To adorn in a showy manner; to dress or equip ostentatiously.
   • 1748, James Thomson, The Castle of Indolence, B:II

     And there a Sea?on atween June and May,

     Half prankt with Spring, with Summer half imbrown'd,

     A li?tle?s Climate made, where, Sooth to ?ay,

     No living Wight could work, ne cared even for Play.

   • 1880 Dante Gabriel Rosetti, For Spring, by Sandro Botticelli, lines 2–3

     Flora, wanton-eyed

     For birth, and with all flowrets prankt and pied:

4. (intransitive) To make ostentatious show.
   • 1867, Matthew Arnold, "Obermann Once More", in New Poems

     White houses prank where once were huts.

Synonyms

(call and promptly hang up): missed call, missed-call

Translations

Adjective

prank

1. (obsolete) Full of gambols or tricks.

Danish

Noun

prank

1. prank
   • 2016, Klaus Rifbjerg, Falsk forår, Gyldendal A/S (?ISBN)

     Hvad hun tillod sig nu var altså en prank, en joke, noget, der havde med overskud at gøre og slet ikke kunne bringes under de rubrikker, hun lå og forestillede sig.

   • 2014, Nick Clausen, Kanel, klejner og julekaos, Tellerup A/S (?ISBN)

     Bare fordi det er min tur til at finde på en prank gider du ikke gøre dig umage .

   • 2016, Lasse Henriksen, Pil Ingerslev, Benny 1's normale guide til det paranormale, Art People (?ISBN)

     Pranken fik sit eget liv, ...

English

Etymology

Origin uncertain. Shaka is not a word in the Hawaiian language, which lacks the /?/ sound.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????k?/
• Rhymes: -??k?

Noun

shaka (plural shakas)

1. A greeting gesture in which the thumb and little finger are extended while curling the three middle fingers in a semi-fist. Used to express a variety of positive meanings including "all right", "hello" and "goodbye".
   • 2008, December 27, photo caption, Reuters:

     US President-elect Obama flashes the 'shaka' before he greets a crowd […]

Usage notes

• Associated with Hawaii and with sports such as surfing, skateboarding, snowboarding, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and skydiving.

Synonyms

• hang-loose sign

See also

• Shaka sign on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Khasa, Sakha, hakas, kasha

Albanian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (?aka, “joke”). Compare Turkish ?aka.

Noun

shaka f (indefinite plural shaka, definite singular shakaja, definite plural shakatë)

1. joke, prank

   Synonyms: hokë, tallje, shpoti

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.ka/
• Homophones: shakas, shakât

Verb

shaka

1. third-person singular past historic of shaker

Ladino

Etymology

From Turkish ?aka (“joke”).

Noun

shaka f (Latin spelling)

1. joke (thing said to amuse)

Rwanda-Rundi

Verb

-sh?ka (infinitive gush?ka, perfective -sh?tse)

1. want
2. look for, seek

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic ????? (šakk).

Pronunciation

Noun

shaka (n class, plural shaka) or shaka (ma class, plural mashaka)

1. doubt
2. worry
3. (computing) error

Related terms

• -shuku

Swazi

Etymology

Borrowed from English shark.

Noun

shaka^? 1a (plural boshaka 2a)

1. shark

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.