skylark

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
18
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈskaɪlɑːk/ (UK)
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/ˈskaɪlɑːk/ (UK) · /ˈskaɪlɑɹk/ (US)

Definition of skylark

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

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

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

verb

  1. (dated)To jump about joyfully, frolic; to play around, play tricks.
    “I cherished no malice towards him, though he had been skylarking with me not a little in the matter of my bedfellow.”

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Etymology

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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