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• n  acting like a clown or buffoon
• n  a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
• v  dress or decorate showily or gaudily
  Roses were pranking the lawn
• v  dress up showily
  He pranked himself out in his best clothes

• The call was in fact made by well-known Montreal comedy duo Marc-Antoine Audette and Sebastien Trudel known as the Masked Avengers, who are notorious for prank calls to celebrities .
• He has a few weaknesses: exposing his buttocks, sassing his father, making prank calls to Moe's Tavern ("Is Oliver there? Oliver Clothesoff?") and speaking like a Cockney chimney .
• The British media have a unique affinity for pulling April Fools' pranks, matched only by the British public's unique ability to fall for them.

• buffoonery
• clowning
• japery
• frivolity
• harlequinade
• antic
• joke
• trick
• caper
• put-on

News & Articles

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• Apparent prank at Brookfield Central went too far, police say
  Brookfield police are investigating an apparent senior prank that may crossed the line to a felony crime.
  June 13, 2013 - WISN 12 Milwaukee
• Senior Prank At Tolland High School Gets Out Of Hand
  Students Threw Eggs, Silly String, Other Items Around Halls Students threw eggs, sprayed Silly String and strewed an abundance of other items around the hallways of Tolland High School Wednesday in what was called a "senior prank."        
  June 13, 2013 - Hartford Courant
• High School Prank Sparks Controversy in Tolland
  Some students at Tolland High School will likely be facing disciplinary action after pulling off a messy and dangerous end-of-the-year prank Wednesday morning. Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  June 13, 2013 - NBC Connecticut