Sekirov Dictionary

lark

UK /lɑːk/US /lɑɹk/

noun 6
verb 3
forms 3
phrases 5

noun6

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.
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A frolic or romp, some fun.
- ‘Ha! ha!’ laughed Master Bates, ‘what a lark that would be, wouldn’t it, Fagin? I say, how the Artful would bother ’em wouldn’t he?’ — 1838
A prank.
One who wakes early; one who is up with the larks.
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A jolly or peppy person.
- Charles Randolph Grean is married to pop lark and multi-hit artist Betty Johnson. — 1990

verb3

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To sport, engage in harmless pranking.
- [T]hey laugh at us old boys,” thought old Pendennis. And he was not far wrong; the times and manners which he admired were pretty nearly gone—the gay young men “larked” him irreverently […] — 1848
To frolic, engage in carefree adventure.
To catch larks (a type of bird).

forms

larked · larking · larks

Phrases with lark

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