Home › Words › M › mischiefmakingmischiefmakingmischiefmaking means making mischief; naughty, prankish.EtymologyFrom mischief + making.adjMaking mischief; naughty, prankish.e.g.“But Republicans ridiculed that idea as fantasy and mischiefmaking.” — 2007 February 6, Bruce Lambert, “Race for State Senate Seat Breaks Spending Record”, in New York Times:nounThe making of mischief; troublemaking.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).