skylark

CEFRC1

/ˈskaɪlɑːk/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A small singing bird; to play or joke around.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    To jump about joyfully, frolic; to play around, play tricks.

Examples

  • The Eurasian skylark is a migratory bird.

  • A skylark is singing.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

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

More examples

In context

  • 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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Origin

noun

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.