lark
IPA: ɫˈɑrk
noun
- Any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae.
- Any of various similar-appearing birds, but usually ground-living, such as the meadowlark and titlark.
- (by extension) One who wakes early; one who is up with the larks.
- A jolly or peppy person.
- A romp, frolic, some fun.
- A prank.
- A surname transferred from the nickname, from lark as a byname or for a catcher and seller of larks.
- A surname originating as a patronymic shortened from Larkin, a medieval diminutive of Laurence.
- A male given name transferred from the surname, of occasional usage.
- A female given name from English from the lark bird.
- A river in England, on the border between Suffolk and Cambridgeshire.
- Alternative form of Larak (“island off the coast of Iran”) [An island off the coast of Iran.]
verb
- To catch larks (type of bird).
- To sport, engage in harmless pranking.
- To frolic, engage in carefree adventure.
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Examples of "lark" in Sentences
- The birds are called larks.
- She larked about semi naked.
- He was a frolicsome lark for its soloists.
- A lark sings to the daisy and gladdens her heart.
- Flowing through the village are the rivers Lark and Fynn.
- Clapper Lark is a skulking species, difficult to find when not displaying.
- The species mentioned are the eagle, the lark, the dove and the nightingale.
- The common is also the home of larks, which always evoke regret in the exile.
- Alexandra Burke was far from sad as she larked about on the beach on Tuesday.
- Alexandra Burke was looking super happy as she larked about in the sea in Florida.
- 'Depends on what you call a lark,' said Hazell; 'it's not much of a lark tearing down midstream like this in a fog.
- But many of us are Pro's even if this lark is not our primary way of making a living, and most writers have the same problem.
- His companion was a man who delighted in what he called a lark, and whose only method of insuring a lark was by starting in with whiskey and keeping it up.
- This no mail lark is really wearing, I hadn't realised quite how much I look forward to arriving home from work and finding out which books have arrived in the post.
- "I've suffered mor'n once from raids on my orchards and chicken coops, and found it was some town boys, off on what they called a lark, that made other people suffer."
- He's a former hacker and current high school truant who has turned what he describes as a lark -- Chatroulette was intended to entertain his friends, he says -- into ambitions for storming Silicon Valley.
- The upside to this writing about games lark is that, every now and then, hobby and work mesh beautifully, and you end up with someone paying you to write about something fabulous, joyous, invigorating and fascinating.
- She had always been in a frolic of some sort, when I had known her in Davos, whither she had gone because she thought it would be "what you call a lark"; and she was in a frolic now, judging by her merry laughter when she saw me.