Meaning

1 senses

  1. (dated)To jump about joyfully, frolic; to play around, play tricks.

More definitions
  • play boisterously

Examples

3 sentences

  1. That's not what I expected skylarks to look like.

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  2. A skylark is singing.

    ruЖаворонок поёт.

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  3. The Eurasian skylark is a migratory bird.

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Origin

From sky + lark.

From sky + lark.

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Forms

skylarks, skylarking, skylarked, skylarked
Base formskylark · to skylark
3rd person singularskylarks
Present participleskylarking
Past simpleskylarked
Past participleskylarked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyskylark
he, she, itskylarks

Past simpleLesson

all personsskylarked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave skylarked
he, she, ithas skylarked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill skylark

Synonyms

11 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words
Derivedskylarkerskylarking

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
skyA1skydiveskydiverskylightskylineskype
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