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skylark

noun
/ˈskaɪlɑːk/UK/ˈskaɪlɑɹk/US

Etymology

From sky + lark. Verb sense 1809, originally nautical, possibly influenced by northern English dialectal term lake/laik (“to play”) (from Old Norse leika (“to play (as opposed to work)”)); see lark for details.

  1. derived from leika

Definitions

  1. A small brown passerine bird, Alauda arvensis, that sings as it flies high into the air.

  2. To jump about joyfully, frolic

    To jump about joyfully, frolic; to play around, play tricks.

    • I cherished no malice towards him, though he had been skylarking with me not a little in the matter of my bedfellow.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA