practical joker

noun

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  1. teaser
  2. prankster
  3. comedienne
  4. cutup
Noun
  • The streaming service announced the date in a sneaky, blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment toward the end of a teaser trailer that announced upcoming 2024-2025 Marvel Studios' titles launching exclusively on Disney+.
    John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The cast excitedly shares this announcement, and meets over Zoom to discuss their plans for the reunion, in PEOPLE's exclusive teaser video above.
    Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of teaser
Noun
  • However, his wife (Constance Wu) has other plans, going toe-to-toe with neighborhood pranksters to keep her investment property in pristine condition.
    Nicole Briese, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
  • With no auditions sticking, he’s decided his true calling is as a YouTube prankster.
    Remy Blumenfeld, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Oct. 2024
Definition of prankster
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  • Will & Grace and comedienne Ellen DeGeneres are credited with playing significant roles in transforming the image of gay Americans and, as such, the modern LGBTQ equity movement.
    Keli Goff, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Oct. 2024
  • After winning her first-ever Primetime Emmy Award for playing Jeffrey Dahmer whistleblower Glenda Cleveland in Netflix's Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, the longtime sitcom comedienne reteams with Ryan Murphy for Grotesquerie.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 6 Sep. 2024
Definition of comedienne
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  • Apparently all-in on Reynolds, Hollywood is now reasoning that his star power — some chemically adhesive combination of dashing leading man, comic-relief cutup, and lifestyle mogul — will prove irresistible regardless of the context.
    A.A. Dowd, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2024
  • Joe Walsh gonna Joe Walsh Rock and roll has no shortage of cutups and characters in its ranks, but few are as divinely silly as Joe Walsh.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 7 Jan. 2024
Definition of cutup
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