LARK

escapade, lark

(noun) any carefree episode

lark

(noun) any of numerous predominantly Old World birds noted for their singing

pipit, titlark, lark

(noun) a songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country; has streaky brown plumage

meadowlark, lark

(noun) North American songbirds having a yellow breast

frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark about

(verb) play boisterously; “The children frolicked in the garden”; “the gamboling lambs in the meadows”; “The toddlers romped in the playroom”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Proper noun

Lark

A surname, from lark as a byname or for a catcher and seller of larks.

A patronymic surname shortened from Larkin, a medieval diminutive of Laurence.

A male given name from surnames, of occasional usage.

A female given name from English from the lark bird.

A river in England, on the border between Suffolk and Cambridgeshire.

Anagrams

• Karl, Klar, Kral, klar

Etymology 1

Noun

lark (plural larks)

Any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae.

Any of various similar-appearing birds, but usually ground-living, such as the meadowlark and titlark.

(by extension) One who wakes early; one who is up with the larks.

Synonyms: early bird, early riser

Antonym: owl

Hyponyms

• (species in Alaudidae): woodlark, skylark, magpie-lark, horned lark, sea lark, crested lark, shorelark

Verb

lark (third-person singular simple present larks, present participle larking, simple past and past participle larked)

To catch larks.

Etymology 2

Noun

lark (plural larks)

A romp, frolic, some fun.

A prank.

Synonyms

• whim, especially in phrase on a whim, see also whim

Verb

lark (third-person singular simple present larks, present participle larking, simple past and past participle larked)

To sport, engage in harmless pranking.

To frolic, engage in carefree adventure.

Anagrams

• Karl, Klar, Kral, klar

Source: Wiktionary

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Lark, n. Etym: [Perh fr. AS. lac play, sport. Cf. Lake, v. i.]

Definition: A frolic; a jolly time. [Colloq.] Dickens.

Lark, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Larked; p. pr. & vb. n. Larking.]

Definition: To sport; to frolic. [Colloq.]

Lark, n. Etym: [OE. larke, laverock, AS. lawerce; akin to D. leeuwerik, LG. lewerke, OHG. l, G. lerche, Sw. lärka, Dan. lerke, Icel. lævirki.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: Any one numerous species of singing birds of the genus Alauda and allied genera (family Alaudidæ). 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.

Note: The European skylark, or lark of the poets (Alauda arvensis), is of a brown mottled color, and is noted for its clear and sweet song, uttered as it rises and descends almost perpendicularly in the air. It is considered a table delicacy, and immense numbers are killed for the markets. Other well-known European species are the crested, or tufted, lark (Alauda cristata), and the wood lark (A. arborea). The pipits, or titlarks, of the genus Anthus (family Motacillidæ) are often called larks. See Pipit. The American meadow larks, of the genus Sturnella, are allied to the starlings. See Meadow Lark. The Australian bush lark is Mirafra Horsfieldii. See Shore lark. Lark bunting (Zoöl.), a fringilline bird (Calamospiza melanocorys) found on the plains of the Western United States.

– Lark sparrow (Zoöl.), a sparrow (Chondestes grammacus), found in the Mississippi Valley and the Western United States.

Lark, v. i.

Definition: To catch larks; as, to go larking.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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