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Lark vs Skylarking - What's the difference?

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Lark is a related term of skylarking.


As a proper noun lark

is , from lark as a byname or for a catcher and seller of larks.

As a verb skylarking is

.

As a noun skylarking is

playing around; frolicking; originally, running about the rigging of a vessel for fun; horseplay.

lark

English

Alternative forms

* (l), (l)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) larke, laverke, from (etyl) ), of unknown ultimate origin with no known cognates outside of Germanic.

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.
  • One who wakes early; one who is up with the larks.
    • Synonyms
    * (one who wakes early) early bird, early riser
    Hyponyms
    * woodlark, skylark, magpie-lark, horned lark, sea lark, crested lark, shorelark
    Related terms
    * happy as a lark * lark bunting * larker * lark sparrow * larkspur, plant * skylark, the bird

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To catch larks.
    • to go larking

    External links

    * (lark) * (Alaudidae) * (Alaudidae)

    Etymology 2

    Origin uncertain, either * from a northern English dialectal term (lake)/), 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 .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A romp, frolic, some fun.
    • (Charles Dickens)
  • A prank.
    • Synonyms
    * whim, especially in phrase on a whim
    Derived terms
    * on a lark

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To sport, engage in harmless pranking.
  • To frolic, engage in carefree adventure.

    • References

    * *

    Anagrams

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    skylarking

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

  • Playing around; frolicking; originally, running about the rigging of a vessel for fun; horseplay.
  • * Herman Melville, Pierre
    • 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.