skylark

[ skahy-lahrk ]

/ ˈskaɪˌlɑrk /

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noun

a brown-speckled European lark, Alauda arvensis, famed for its melodious song.

verb (used without object)

to frolic; sport: The children were skylarking on the beach.

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Origin of skylark

First recorded in 1770–80; sky + lark¹

OTHER WORDS FROM skylark

skylarker, noun

Words nearby skylark

skyhome, skyhook, skyjack, skyjacking, Skylab, skylark, skylight, skylighted, skylight filter, skyline, skylounge

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How to use skylark in a sentence

While Skylark is away, in the countryside, they chance upon a vitality that has evaded them for too many years.
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Until gasoline married into the skylark family, Bud did well enough to keep him contented out of a stock saddle.
Cabin Fever|B. M. Bower
The Skylark, you must know, was loaded with a valuable cargo of fine herrings, worth about 200 pounds.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands|R.M. Ballantyne
Mr Jones quickly explained the circumstances of the loss of the Skylark to the sympathetic captain.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands|R.M. Ballantyne

The coals snapped in the grate and the firelight danced merrily on the skylark's cage and the copper kettle.
Greyfriars Bobby|Eleanor Atkinson
When men would send thanks to the very gate of heaven their envoy should be a skylark.
Lazarre|Mary Hartwell Catherwood

British Dictionary definitions for skylark

skylark

/ (ˈskaɪˌlɑːk) /

noun

an Old World lark, Alauda arvensis, noted for singing while hovering at a great height

any of various Australian larks

verb

(intr) informal to romp or play jokes

Derived forms of skylark

skylarker, noun

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