skylarking
present participle of skylark
skylarking (countable and uncountable, plural skylarkings)
(originally nautical) Playing around; frolicking; originally, running about the rigging of a vessel for fun; horseplay.
Source: Wiktionary
Sky"lark"ing, n.
Definition: The act of running about the rigging of a vessel in sport; hence, frolicking; scuffing; sporting; carousing. [Colloq.]
Sky"lark`, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A lark that mounts and sings as it files, especially the common species (Alauda arvensis) found in Europe and in some parts of Asia, and celebrated for its melodious song; -- called also sky laverock. See under Lark.
Note: The Australian skylark (Cincloramphus cantillans) is a pipit which has the habit of ascending perpendicularly like a skylark, but it lacks the song of a true lark. The Missouri skylark is a pipit (Anthus Spraguei) of the Western United States, resembling the skylark in habit and song.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 June 2025
(verb) obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; “he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
