Skylarking
//ˈskʌɪlɑːkɪŋ// noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 present participle and gerund of skylark form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"[…] 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."
Etymology
From skylark + -ing.
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