lark (redirected from larking)

lark ¹  (lärk)

n.

1. Any of various chiefly Old World birds of the family Alaudidae, especially the skylark, having a sustained, melodious song.

2. Any of several similar birds, such as the meadowlark.

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[Middle English laveroc, larke, from Old English lwerce.]

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lark ²  (lärk)

n.

1. A carefree or spirited adventure.

2. A harmless prank.

intr.v. larked, lark·ing, larks

To engage in spirited fun or merry pranks.

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[Short for skylark, to frolic, or alteration of dialectal lake, play (from Middle English leik, laik, from Old Norse leikr).]

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larker n.

larkish adj.

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lark ¹

Noun

a small brown songbird, esp. the skylark [Old English lāwerce, lǣwerce]

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lark ² Informal

Noun

1. a carefree adventure or frolic

2. a harmless piece of mischief

3. an activity or job viewed with disrespect

Verb

lark about to have a good time frolicking or playing pranks [origin unknown]

larky adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	lark - North American songbirds having a yellow breast meadowlark American oriole, New World oriole, oriole - American songbird; male is black and orange or yellow genus Sturnella, Sturnella - a genus of passerine birds including the meadowlarks eastern meadowlark, Sturnella magna - a meadowlark of eastern North America Sturnella neglecta, western meadowlark - a meadowlark of western North America
	2.	lark - a songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country; has streaky brown plumage pipit, titlark oscine, oscine bird - passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus Anthus, genus Anthus - pipits Anthus pratensis, meadow pipit - a common pipit that is brown above and white below; widely distributed in northern and central Europe and in Asia
	3.	lark - any of numerous predominantly Old World birds noted for their singing oscine, oscine bird - passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus Alaudidae, family Alaudidae - larks Alauda arvensis, skylark - brown-speckled European lark noted for singing while hovering at a great height
	4.	lark - any carefree episode escapade diversion, recreation - an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation" sexcapade - a sexual escapade; an illicit affair
Verb	1.	lark - play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the playroom" frisk, frolic, gambol, lark about, rollick, romp, run around, skylark, cavort, disport, sport play - be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children; "The kids were playing outside all day"; "I used to play with trucks as a little girl"

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lark (Informal)

noun prank, game, fun, fling, romp, spree, revel, mischief, caper, frolic, escapade, skylark, gambol, antic, jape, rollick

lark about fool around, play around, romp around, have fun, caper, frolic, cavort, gambol, muck around, make mischief, lark around, rollick, cut capers

Translations

lark [lɑːk] n (bird) → alondra (= joke); broma

lark about vi → bromear, hacer el tonto

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lark [lɑːk] n (= bird) → alouette f (= joke); blague f, farce f

lark about vi → faire l'idiot, rigoler

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lark [lɑːk] n (bird) → Lerche f (= joke); Spaß m, Jux m

lark about lark vi → herumalbern

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lark [lɑːk] n (bird) → allodola (= joke); scherzo, gioco

lark about vi → fare lo stupido

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lark¹

n lark [laːk]

a general name for several types of singing-bird, especially the skylark, which flies high into the air as it sings. lewerik قُبَّرَه чучулига skřivan lærke; -lærke die Lerche κορυδαλλός alondra lõoke چکاوک kiuru alouette עֶפרוֹנִי एक पक्षी, क्रीडा़-कौतक ševa pacsirta burung pekicau lævirki allodola ひばり 종달새 vieversys cīrulis burung lark leeuwerik (sang)lerke skowronek cotovia ciocârlie жаворонок škovránok škrjanec ševa lärka นกชนิดหนึ่งร้องเพลงได้ tarla kuşu 百靈鳥 жайворонок ایک چھوٹا پرندہ، اگن، چکاوک chim sơn ca 百灵鸟