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    lark
    [lärk]
    noun
    lark (noun) · larks (plural noun)
    1. a small ground-dwelling songbird, typically with brown streaky plumage, a crest, and elongated hind claws, and with a song that is delivered in flight.
      • used in names of birds of other families similar to the lark, e.g., the meadowlark.
    Origin
    Old English lāuerce, lǣwerce; related to Dutch leeuwerik and German Lerche; of unknown ultimate origin.
    lark
    [lärk]
    noun
    lark (noun) · larks (plural noun)
    verb
    BRITISH ENGLISH
    lark (verb) · larks (third person present) · larked (past tense) · larked (past participle) · larking (present participle)
    1. enjoy oneself by behaving in a playful and mischievous way:
      "he jumped the fence to go larking the rest of the day"
      Similar:
      play tricks
      indulge in horseplay
      make mischief
      monkey around
      clown around
      have fun
      act the (giddy) goat
      muck around
      fanny about
      fanny around
      footle about
      footle around
      bugger around
      piss about
      arse about
      disport oneself
    Origin
    early 19th century: perhaps from dialect lake ‘play’, from Old Norse leika, but compare with skylark in the same sense, which is recorded earlier.
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  2. Lark definition: any of numerous, chiefly Old World oscine birds, of the family Alaudidae, characterized by an unusually long, straight hind claw, especially the skylark, Alauda arvensis..
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    lark 1 (lärk) n. 1. Any of various birds of the family Alaudidae, found almost worldwide and having a melodious song, especially the skylark. 2. Any of several similar birds, such as the meadowlark.
     
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