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Skylark Common

Skylark has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

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

2

A small brown passerine bird, Alauda arvensis, that sings as it flies high into the air.

Verb
1

play boisterously

"The children frolicked in the garden"

"the gamboling lambs in the meadows"

"The toddlers romped in the playroom"

2

To jump about joyfully, frolic; to play around, play tricks.

Example Sentences
"The children frolicked in the garden" verb
"the gamboling lambs in the meadows" verb
"The toddlers romped in the playroom" verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
lark play

Origin

The word skylark comes from combining "sky" and "lark." Its verb sense, first recorded in 1809, originally had a nautical meaning that may have been influenced by an Old Norse root related to playing.

Rhyming Words
ark park sark fark dark tark jark nark yark mark cark lark bark wark hark smark quark chark glark roark
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