prank call in English

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          "text": "The store owner was angry after receiving a prank call."
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          "text": "We have decided to prank call our friends."
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "prank call",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prank calls",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        {
          "text": "The store owner was angry after receiving a prank call."
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "A prank call is a phone call made to prank somebody."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "prank call"
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          "text": "We have decided to prank call our friends."
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      "glosses": [
        "If you make a prank call, you are making a call to trick or prank somebody."
      ]
    }
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"prank call" meaning in English

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