different between lark vs stunt

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)

1. Any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae.
2. Any of various similar-appearing birds, but usually ground-living, such as the meadowlark and titlark.
3. (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)

1. 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)

1. A romp, frolic, some fun.
2. 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)

1. 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 […]

2. 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

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st?nt/
• Rhymes: -?nt

Etymology 1

Unknown. Compare Middle Low German stunt (“a shoulder grip with which you throw someone on their back”), Middle English stunt (“foolish; stupid”).

Noun

stunt (plural stunts)

1. A daring or dangerous feat, often involving the display of gymnastic skills.
2. (archaic) skill
   • 1912, Stratemeyer Syndicate, Baseball Joe on the School Nine Chapter 1

     "See if you can hit the barrel, Joe," urged George Bland. "A lot of us have missed it, including Peaches, who seems to think his particular stunt is high throwing."

3. (American football) A special means of rushing the quarterback done to confuse the opposing team's offensive line.

Hyponyms

• publicity stunt

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Danish: stunt
• ? German: Stunt
• ? Norwegian Bokmål: stunt
• ? Norwegian Nynorsk: stunt

Translations

Verb

stunt (third-person singular simple present stunts, present participle stunting, simple past and past participle stunted)

1. (intransitive, cheerleading) To perform a stunt.
2. (intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To show off; to posture.
   • 2015, Seth Turner Jr., Brother: The Self-made Story of a St. Louis Entrepreneur:

     I was that interested because I wanted the Z28, but I wasn't going another day with Sterling stunting on me with the Contour.

Translations

Etymology 2

From dialectal stunt (“stubborn, dwarfed”), from Middle English stont, stunt (“short, brief”), from Old English stunt (“stupid, foolish, simple”), from Proto-Germanic *stuntaz (“short, compact, stupid, dull”). Cognate with Middle High German stunz (“short”), Old Norse stuttr (“short in stature, dwarfed”). Related to Old English styntan (“to make dull, stupefy, become dull, repress”). More at stint.

Verb

stunt (third-person singular simple present stunts, present participle stunting, simple past and past participle stunted)

1. (transitive) To check or hinder the growth or development of.

Translations

Noun

stunt (plural stunts)

1. A check in growth.
2. That which has been checked in growth; a stunted animal or thing.
3. A two-year-old whale, which, having been weaned, is lean and yields little blubber.

Anagrams

• Nutts

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

stunt m (plural stunts, diminutive stuntje n)

1. stunt

Verb

stunt

1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of stunten
2. imperative of stunten

Middle English

Noun

stunt

1. Alternative form of stound: various spans of time.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English stunt.

Noun

stunt n (definite singular stuntet, indefinite plural stunt, definite plural stunta or stuntene)

1. a stunt

Derived terms

• stuntmann

References

• “stunt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English stunt.

Noun

stunt n (definite singular stuntet, indefinite plural stunt, definite plural stunta)

1. a stunt

Derived terms

• stuntmann

References

• “stunt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stuntaz (“short, stunted; stupid”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stunt/

Adjective

stunt

1. stupid, foolish
2. (substantive) idiot, fool

Declension

Synonyms

• dwæs

Descendants

• Middle English: stunt, stont
  • English: stunt