practical joker

English

Etymology

From practical joke +‎ -er.

Noun

practical joker (plural practical jokers)

1. Someone who instigates practical jokes; a prankster.
   • December 7 2022, Simon Shuster, “2022 Person of the Year: Volodymyr Zelensky”, in Time‎^[1]:

     Some of his allies miss the old Zelensky, the practical joker with the boyish smile. But they realize he needs to be different now, much harder and deaf to distractions, or else his country might not survive.

Translations

someone who instigates practical jokes

• Latin: trīcō m