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lark
English
Alternative forms
- laverock, lavrock
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: läk, IPA(key): /l??k/
- (General American) enPR: lärk, IPA(key): /l??k/
- Rhymes: -??(?)k
Etymology 1
From Middle English larke, laverke, from Old English l?werce, l?werce, l?uricæ, from Proto-Germanic *laiwarik?, *laiwazik? (compare dialectal West Frisian larts, Dutch leeuwerik, German Lerche), from *laiwaz (borrowed into Finnish leivo, Estonian lõo), of unknown ultimate origin with no definitive cognates outside of Germanic.
Noun
lark (plural larks)
- Any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae.
- Any of various similar-appearing birds, but usually ground-living, such as the meadowlark and titlark.
- (by extension) One who wakes early; one who is up with the larks.
- Synonyms: early bird, early riser
- Antonym: owl
Hyponyms
- (species in Alaudidae): woodlark, skylark, magpie-lark, horned lark, sea lark, crested lark, shorelark
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
lark (third-person singular simple present larks, present participle larking, simple past and past participle larked)
- To catch larks (type of bird).
References
- lark on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Alaudidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Alaudidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Etymology 2
Origin uncertain, either
- from a northern English dialectal term lake/laik (“to play”) (around 1300, from Old Norse leika (“to play (as opposed to work)”)), with an intrusive -r- as is common in southern British dialects; or
- a shortening of skylark (1809), sailors' slang, "play roughly in the rigging of a ship", because the common European larks were proverbial for high-flying; Dutch has a similar idea in speelvogel (“playbird, a person of markedly playful nature”).
Noun
lark (plural larks)
- A romp, frolic, some fun.
- A prank.
Synonyms
- whim, especially in phrase on a whim, see also Thesaurus:whim
Derived terms
- on a lark
Related terms
- skylark (in verb sense "play")
Translations
Verb
lark (third-person singular simple present larks, present participle larking, simple past and past participle larked)
- To sport, engage in harmless pranking.
- 1855, Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South, Chapter 35,[3]
- […] the porter at the rail-road had seen a scuffle; or when he found it was likely to bring him in as a witness, then it might not have been a scuffle, only a little larking […]
- 1855, Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South, Chapter 35,[3]
- To frolic, engage in carefree adventure.
Translations
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “lark”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
Anagrams
- Karl, Klar, Kral, klar
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skylarking
English
Etymology
From skylark +? -ing.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?sk??l??k??/
Verb
skylarking
- present participle of skylark
Noun
skylarking (countable and uncountable, plural skylarkings)
- (originally nautical) Playing around; frolicking; originally, running about the rigging of a vessel for fun; horseplay.
- 1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or, The Ambiguities
- […] those gods and men whose titles to eminence are secure, seldom worry themselves about the seditious gossip of old apple-women, and the skylarkings of funny little boys in the street.
- 1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or, The Ambiguities
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