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Lark

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Noun

1. lark, meadowlark

North American songbirds having a yellow breast

2. lark, pipit, titlark

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

3. lark

any of numerous predominantly Old World birds noted for their singing

4. escapade, lark

any carefree episode

Verb

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

play boisterously

Example Sentences:
'The children frolicked in the garden'
'the gamboling lambs in the meadows'
'The toddlers romped in the playroom'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Lark

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noun
1. 
any brown songbird of the predominantly Old World family Alaudidae, esp the skylark: noted for their singing
2.  short for titlark, meadowlark
3. (often capital)
any of various slender but powerful fancy pigeons, such as the Coburg Lark
4.  up with the lark
noun
1. 
a carefree adventure or frolic
2. 
a harmless piece of mischief
3.  what a lark!
verb (intransitive)
4. (often foll by about)
to have a good time by frolicking
5. 
to play a prank

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Lark

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verb intransitive
1. 
to play or frolic; have a merry time
2. 
to cause one's horse to jump fences, etc. unnecessarily
noun
3. 
a frolic or spree
4. 
a merry prank
noun
1. 
any of a large family (Alaudidae) of chiefly Old World passerine birds, including the skylark and horned lark
2. 
any of various birds from other families, as the meadowlark

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Lark

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n.
1. Any of various birds of the family Alaudidae, found almost worldwide and having a melodious song, especially the skylark.
2. Any of several similar birds, such as the meadowlark.
n.
1. A carefree or spirited adventure.
2. A harmless prank.
intr.v. larked, lark·ing, larks
To engage in spirited fun or merry pranks.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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