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skylark

sky·lark

UK/ˈskaɪlɑːk/ US/ˈskaɪlɑɹk/ rare dated
verb (1) noun (1)

verb

1.

play boisterously

  • “The children frolicked in the garden”
  • “the gamboling lambs in the meadows”
  • “The toddlers romped in the playroom”
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noun

1.

brown-speckled European lark noted for singing while hovering at a great height

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Origin

From sky + lark. Verb sense 1809, originally nautical, possibly influenced by northern English dialectal term lake/laik (“to play”) (from Old Norse leika (“to play (as opposed to work)”)); see lark for details.

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