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antic - attention-grabbing, playful prank
caper - frivolous prank; illegal or questionable act
caprice - impulsive, unpredictable change or action
chicanery - deception by cunning artifice or trickery
culprit - one guilty of wrongdoing or mischief
deviltry - mischief or wicked behavior
dido - mischievous antic; prank
elf - mischievous, often magical troublemaker
escapade - unconventional and reckless adventure
fourberie - trickery, esp. underhanded maneuvers
frolic - (vb) act in a playful manner; (n) playful, carefree behavior
hocus-pocus - nonsense, sleight of hand, or trickery used to conceal deception
imp - small, mischievous person
joke - (vb) toy playfully with someone
knavery - mischief or rascality
lark - carefree adventure, escapade, or frolic
legerdemain - sleight of hand; trickery
mischief - conduct causing minor harm or trouble; knavery; naughtiness; rascality; waggery
monkeyshine - prank
naughtiness - mischief or minor rascality
playfulness - sense of fun, mischief, and caprice
practical joke - prank intended to cause minor harm or embarrassment
prank - mildly mischievous act or playful trick; dido; monkeyshine
prankster - one given to pranks, practical jokes, and playful mischief
prestidigitation - sleight of hand
Puck - mischievous scamp in English folklore
pull a fast one - perpetrate a trick or fraud
rapscallion - mischievous trickster; rogue
rascality - mischievous character or conduct; knavery
rogue - playful mischief-maker or scamp
roguery - playful mischief
ruse - trick or subterfuge
scamp - impish prankster; rogue
shenanigan - Informal. mischievous trick or nonsense
skulduggery - unscrupulous activity; devious tricks
sleight of hand - cleverly executed, deceptive tricks or conjuring, usu. requiring manual dexterity; legerdemain; prestidigitation
slippery - (adj) untrustworthy, devious, or tricky
spoof - good-natured hoax, often a parody
sportive - (adj) playful or mischievous
sprite - elf, imp, or prankster
trick - clever and deceptive maneuver; mischievous prank; delusive appearance
trickery - deception by crafty ingenuity and artifice; legerdemain
trickster - one who deceives others by using tricks
trouble - difficulty or annoying circumstance that causes disturbance or worry
waggery - mischief; inclination to play practical jokes
wild-goose chase - futile pursuit, esp. one intentionally induced by someone
wile - trickery, guile, or ensnaring stratagem
witchcraft - use of sorcery or magical influence