Practical Joker (Noun)
Meaning
Someone who plays practical jokes on others.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- He was known as the office practical joker, always setting off whoopee cushions and filling coworkers' offices with balloons.
- The group's resident practical joker convinced everyone that the boss was quitting by sending out a fake email.
- My brother is such a practical joker that I never know when he's being serious or just playing a trick on me.
- The class clown was a notorious practical joker who loved to play pranks on his teachers.
- As a practical joker, he spent hours setting up an elaborate prank to play on his best friend during his birthday party.