lark > define
noun
- North American songbirds having a yellow breast.
- synonyms: meadowlark
- A songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country; has streaky brown plumage.
- Any of numerous predominantly Old World birds noted for their singing.
- Any carefree episode.
- synonyms: escapade
verb
- Play boisterously.
- usage: "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the playroom"
by WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
- (v.i.) To catch larks; as, to go larking.
- (n.) Any one numerous species of singing birds of the genus Alauda and allied genera (family Alaudidae). They mostly belong to Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. In America they are represented by the shore larks or horned by the shore larks or horned larks, of the genus Otocoris. The true larks have holaspidean tarsi, very long hind claws, and usually, dull, sandy brown colors.
- (v.i.) A frolic; a jolly time.
- (v.i.) To sport; to frolic.
by Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary