Advertisement
Advertisement
lark
1[ lahrk ]
noun
- any of numerous, chiefly Old World oscine birds, of the family Alaudidae, characterized by an unusually long, straight hind claw, especially the skylark, Alauda arvensis.
- any of various similar birds of other families, as the meadowlark and titlark.
lark
2[ lahrk ]
noun
- a merry, carefree adventure; frolic; escapade.
- innocent or good-natured mischief; a prank.
- something extremely easy to accomplish, succeed in, or to obtain:
That exam was a lark.
verb (used without object)
- to have fun; frolic; romp.
- to behave mischievously; play pranks.
- Fox Hunting. (of a rider) to take jumps unnecessarily:
He tired his horse by larking on the way home.
lark
1/ ɑː /
noun
- any brown songbird of the predominantly Old World family Alaudidae, esp the skylark: noted for their singing
- short for titlark meadowlark
- often capital any of various slender but powerful fancy pigeons, such as the Coburg Lark
- up with the larkup early in the morning
lark
2/ ɑː /
noun
- a carefree adventure or frolic
- a harmless piece of mischief
- what a lark!how amusing!
verb
- often foll by about to have a good time by frolicking
- to play a prank
Derived Forms
- ˈ, noun
- ˈ쾱Ա, noun
- ˈ쾱, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- İ noun
- i·Ա i·Ա noun
- iԲ· adverb
- i y adjective
- i·ly adverb
- sdz adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of lark1
Origin of lark2
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of lark1
Origin of lark2
Idioms and Phrases
In addition to the idiom beginning with lark , also see happy as the day is long (as a lark) .Example Sentences
Think of these folks like people who get audited by a Scientologist once, on a lark, but are weirded out by the process and never go back.
"You need to figure out who are the night owls and who are the morning larks. It is no good putting people in at the opposite end of the scale."
It has gone from being a flaky lark to a somewhat essential part of many a promotional tour.
Wiping off the Gulf of Mexico from U.S. maps isn’t a lark; it’s a promise of more to come.
We’d done most of the record, and he said, “on a lark, what if we did ‘Walk Like an Egyptian’?”
Advertisement
Related 51Թs
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse