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Skylarking

//ˈskʌɪlɑːkɪŋ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Playing around; frolicking; originally, running about the rigging of a vessel for fun; horseplay. countable, uncountable

    "[…] those gods and men whose titles to eminence are secure, seldom worry themselves about the seditious gossip of old apple-women, and the skylarkings of funny little boys in the street."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of skylark form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From skylark + -ing.

Etymology 2

From skylark + -ing.

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