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Lark

Lark Meaning & Definition
Lark Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Lark?

[n] any carefree episode
[n] any of numerous predominantly Old World birds noted for their singing
[n] small songbirds resembling larks
[n] North American yellow-breasted songbirds
[v] play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the palyroom"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Lark: cavort | disport | escapade | frisk | frolic | gambol | lark about | meadowlark | pipit | rollick | romp | run around | skylark | sport | titlark

Related Terms | Find terms related to Lark: adventure | antic | bat | bender | binge | bout | bulbul | bust | canary | caper | carousal | carouse | cavort | celebrate | celebration | cuckoo | cut loose | debauch | drinking bout | eagle | escapade | feathered songster | fling | frolic | gambol | game | hell around | horseplay | jape | jollify | jolly | let go | let loose | let off steam | make merry | make whoopee | mavis | mischief | mockingbird | monkeyshine | nightingale | orgy | oriole | Philomel | play | ploy | practical joke | prank | raise hell | randan | randy | revel | ringdove | rocket | roister | rollick | romp | see life | shenanigan | shenanigans | shines | singing bird | skylark | skyrocket | song sparrow | songbird | songster | sport | spree | step out | tear | thrush | tomfoolery | toot | trick | wanton | warbler | whoop it up | wingding

See Also | Alauda arvensis | Alaudidae | American oriole | Anthus | Anthus pratensis | diversion | eastern meadowlark | family Alaudidae | genus Anthus | genus Sturnella | meadow pipit | New World oriole | oriole | oscine | oscine bird | play | recreation | skylark | Sturnella | Sturnella magna | Sturnella neglecta | western meadowlark

Lark In Webster's Dictionary

\Lark\, n. [Perh fr. AS. l[=a]c play, sport. Cf. {Lake}, v. i.] A frolic; a jolly time. [Colloq.] --Dickens.
\Lark\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Larked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Larking}.] To sport; to frolic. [Colloq.]
\Lark\, n. [OE. larke, laverock, AS. l[=a]werce; akin to D. leeuwerik, LG. lewerke, OHG. l?rahha, G. lerche, Sw. l["a]rka, Dan. lerke, Icel. l[ae]virki.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one numerous species of singing birds of the genus {Alauda} and allied genera (family {Alaudid[ae]}). They mostly belong to Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. In America they are represented by the shore larks, or horned by the shore larks, or horned larks, of the genus {Otocoris}. The true larks have holaspidean tarsi, very long hind claws, and usually, dull, sandy brown colors. Note: The European skylark, or lark of the poets ({Alauda arvensis}), is of a brown mottled color, and is noted for its clear and sweet song, uttered as it rises and descends almost perpendicularly in the air. It is considered a table delicacy, and immense numbers are killed for the markets. Other well-known European species are the crested, or tufted, lark ({Alauda cristata}), and the wood lark ({A. arborea}). The pipits, or titlarks, of the genus {Anthus} (family {Motacillid[ae]}) are often called larks. See {Pipit}. The American meadow larks, of the genus {Sturnella}, are allied to the starlings. See {Meadow Lark}. The Australian bush lark is {Mirafra Horsfieldii}. See {Shore lark}. {Lark bunting} (Zo["o]l.), a fringilline bird ({Calamospiza melanocorys}) found on the plains of the Western United States. {Lark sparrow} (Zo["o]l.), a sparrow ({Chondestes grammacus}), found in the Mississippi Valley and the Western United States.
\Lark\, v. i. To catch larks; as, to go larking.

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