B2verb · intransitive · rare

lark

lark · larks · larked · larking

обшукати, обшукувати

демонстрировать

spielen, sich vergnügen, tragen

To catch larksTo catch larks (a type of bird).

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UK/lɑːk/US/lɑɹk/

» I did it on a lark.

Meaning

3 senses

(intransitive)To catch larks (a type of bird).
to go larking
To sport, engage in harmless pranking.
To frolic, engage in carefree adventure.

More definitions

play boisterously

Examples

19 sentences

I did it on a lark.
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Tom's just larking about.
Том просто дуркує. — deniko
deTom albert nur herum. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Tom was up with the lark.
deTom ist beim ersten Hahnenschrei aufgestanden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Don't come to school to lark around.
ruНе приходи в школу, чтобы дурачиться. — odexed
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Her voice was sweeter than the lark's.
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Origin

From Middle English larke, laverke, from Old English lāwerce, lǣwerce, lāuricæ, from Proto

From 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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