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• n  someone who plays practical jokes on others

• He greets life's exasperations not with the whine of Seinfeld or the assaultive rant of Chris Rock but with the thrill of a class prankster turned cultural anthropologist.
• The Fear Factor daredevils, the Jackass prankster-masochists, the talk-show mutants who will do anything for a laugh or a shockall are the nieces and nephews of Uncle Miltie.
• In his boyhood he was ever the prankster and the practical joker.

• cut-up
• trickster
• tricker
• hoaxer
• practical joker

News & Articles

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• Magician Turns $1 Into $100 for the Homeless in This Touching Video
  Stuart Edge isn't your average magician. Instead of death-defying David Blaine antics, his magic tricks have much more heartwarming results The YouTube do-gooder and prankster sought out people in need in Provo and Orem, Ut., taking $1000 out of his own savings to make the days of 10 different people. For the video, Edge performs a trick in which he switches a $100 bill in his closed fist with a ...
  June 12, 2013 - Mashable
• From the Web: Magic trick for the homeless
  We have featured a few of Provo YouTube magician and prankster Stuart Edge's videos in recent months, like his "Kissing Under the Mistletoe" prank, his "Saran Wrap Sledding," his "Spiderman Ki…
  June 11, 2013 - Provo Daily Herald
• Gizmodo Prankster Photoshops People Into Ads While They Wait for the Bus | Kotaku Investigation: A V
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  June 7, 2013 - Gizmodo

Quotes

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• Ashton Kutcher in Tivyside Advertiser
  Asked about pranks being played between Diaz and Kutcher on set, Kutcher said: "She's a big prankster not me. We never play too many pranks on each other, it's pretty civil. I don't think she wanted to go down that road with me."
• Sam Bowie in Louisville Courier-Journal
  Bowie described Turpin as "a prankster, a character. ...... He enjoyed life and was sometimes maybe criticized for maybe not taking things too seriously."
• Leon Osman in Goal.com
  I am looking forward to going to Australia though it will be a long flight,Osman told Everton's website. "I am known as a prankster on these trips, but on a 22-hour flight you need to sleep yourself at some point. If you've played pranks...