Meaning
6 sensesAny of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae.
any of numerous predominantly Old World birds noted for their singing
Any of various similar-appearing birds, but usually ground-living, such as the meadowlark and titlark.
Lerche
жа́воронокžávoronok
жа́йворонокžájvoronok
(broadly)One who wakes early; one who is up with the larks.
Frühaufsteher, Lerche
жа́воронокžávoronok
A jolly or peppy person.
A frolic or romp, some fun.
Spaß
заба́ваzabáva
A prank.
Streich
шу́ткаšútka, прока́заprokáza
Examples
19 sentencesI did it on a lark.
Tom's just larking about.
Том просто дуркує. — deniko
deTom albert nur herum. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom was up with the lark.
deTom ist beim ersten Hahnenschrei aufgestanden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Don't come to school to lark around.
ruНе приходи в школу, чтобы дурачиться. — odexed
Her voice was sweeter than the lark's.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From Middle English larke, laverke, from Old English lāwerce, lǣwerce, lāuricæ, from ProtoFrom Middle English larke, laverke, from Old English lāwerce, lǣwerce, lāuricæ, from Proto-West Germanic *laiwaʀikā, from Proto-Germanic *laiwazikǭ (compare dialectal West Frisian larts, Dutch leeuwerik, German Lerche), from *laiwaz (borrowed into Finnish leivo, Estonian lõo), of unknown ultimate origin with no definitive cognates outside of Germanic.
Uncertain, either
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Forms
plural: larksSynonyms
8 synonyms- any carefree episode:escapade
- North American songbirds having a yellow breast:meadowlark
- a songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country; has streaky brown plumage:pipittitlark