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Skylark

//ˈskaɪlɑɹk// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A small brown passerine bird, Alauda arvensis, that sings as it flies high into the air.
  2. 2
    brown-speckled European lark noted for singing while hovering at a great height wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To jump about joyfully, frolic; to play around, play tricks. dated

    "I cherished no malice towards him, though he had been skylarking with me not a little in the matter of my bedfellow."

  2. 2
    play boisterously wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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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