单词 | larking |
释义 | larkingn.1 The action or process of catching larks. attributive in larking-glass n. a machine with mirrors, used to attract larks to the net. ΚΠ 1826 in W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 118 Persons go out with what is called a larking glass. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online September 2018). larkingn.2 colloquial. The action of lark v.2; fun, frolic. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > [noun] rampinga1425 daffing1535 May game1571 horseplay1590 hoiting1594 wantonizing1598 roguery1611 romperinga1625 hoity-toity1668 frolicking1676 frolic1677 romping1694 wantoning1701 vagary1791 skylarking1809 larking1813 rollicking1823 high-jinking1891 shenaniganning1924 grab-ass1948 mollocking1959 bants2008 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > [noun] legerdemain1532 hocus-pocus1647 sham1683 funning1728 humbugging1752 humming1807 hoaxing1808 larking1813 cutting-up1843 cut-up1843 shenanigan1855 codology1860 greening1863 cod1866 leg-pulling1879 spoof1889 codding1892 spoofery1895 four-flushing1901 kidding1901 shenaniganning1924 kidology1964 1813 P. Hawker Diary (1893) I. 68 Much as larking was in force, there had been no spree to top this. 1825 T. L. Beddoes Let. 19 July in Wks. (1935) 605 Two Oxford men, professors of genteel larking. 1838 Countess Granville Let. 4 July (1894) II. 262 He..like me, shuns actual practical larking. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2019). larkingadj. colloquial. That larks; frolicsome, sportive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > [adjective] ramping1484 rampish1530 frolic?1548 prankya1556 hoiting1594 tricksy1598 tida1641 frolickish1660 romping1662 hoity-toity1690 rompish1696 frolicsome1699 friskful1728 highty-tighty1737 frolicky1748 prankish1776 rollicking1786 prankfula1795 pranksome1810 tricksome1815 espiègle1816 larkish1823 skylarking1826 larking1828 rompy1838 larky1841 rollicksome1841 Pucklike1845 rollicky1846 frolicful1848 larksome1871 puckish1874 horseplayish1882 frolicking1887 tricksical1889 shenaniganning1924 1828 J. H. Newman Lett. & Corr. (1891) I. 182 I have learned to leap..which is a larking thing for a don. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Bk. Snobs ix. 39 The ‘larking’, or raffish Military Snob. 1888 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms III. viii. 120 Maddie was in one of her larking humours. Derivatives ˈlarkingly adv. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > [adverb] trenchmore1577 frolicly1592 ahoit1598 hoity-toity1734 rollickingly1842 friskily1862 tricksily1866 frolicsomely1874 prankishly1883 larkingly1896 daffingly1902 1896 H. W. Wolf in Contemp. Rev. Aug. 204 Larkingly engaging in acrobatics. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.11826n.21813adj.1828 |
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