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skylark
I. \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
1. : a common Old World lark (Alauda arvensis) with dark brown upper parts, a buff throat and breast streaked with brown, and creamy white abdomen that inhabits chiefly open country and is noted for its song especially as uttered in vertical flight
2. : any of various birds (as Sprague's pipit) that resemble the skylark
II. intransitive verb
1. : to run up and down the rigging of a ship in sport
2. : to frolic in a playful or boisterous manner : fool around
< were skylarking on the hike — L.M.Uris >
III. noun
Etymology: skylark (II)
: lark IV 1
< full of gusto, and to him everything is a skylark — John Hersey > |