"lark" Definition

Definitions for the word "lark" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. v. i.
A frolic; a jolly time.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. i.
To sport; to frolic.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
Any one numerous species of singing birds of the genus Alauda and allied genera (family Alaudidae). 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. i.
To catch larks; as, to go larking.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
Small bird with a tuneful song, esp. The skylark. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
6. colloq.
n. 1 frolic; amusing incident. 2 type of activity (fed up with this digging lark). v. (foll. By about) play tricks. [origin uncertain]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
7. slang
a frolic, a joke; “let’s have a jolly good LARK,” let us have a piece of fun.—_Anglo-Saxon_, LAC, sport; but more probably from the nautical term SKYLARKING, _i.e._, mounting to the highest yards and sliding down the ropes for amusement, which is allowed on certain occasions.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
8. slang
to sport boisterously, to show a disposition for “going on the spree.”
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864

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