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Tomfoolery vs Skylarking - What's the difference?

tomfoolery | skylarking | Related terms |

Tomfoolery is a related term of skylarking.


As nouns the difference between tomfoolery and skylarking

is that tomfoolery is foolish behaviour while skylarking is playing around; frolicking; originally, running about the rigging of a vessel for fun; horseplay.

As a verb skylarking is

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tomfoolery

English

Noun

  • Foolish behaviour
  • (Cockney rhyming slang) jewellery.

    • 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.