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LARK ABOUT

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

IPA (US): 

 Dictionary entry overview: What does lark about mean? 

LARK ABOUT (verb)
  The verb LARK ABOUT has 1 sense:

1. play boisterouslyplay

  Familiarity information: LARK ABOUT used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LARK ABOUT (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Play boisterously

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

cavort; disport; frisk; frolic; gambol; lark; lark about; rollick; romp; run around; skylark; sport

Context example:

The toddlers romped in the playroom

Hypernyms (to "lark about" is one way to...):

play (be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP


 Context examples 


She sang like a little lark about her work, never was too tired for Marmee and the girls, and day after day said hopefully to herself, "I know I'll get my music some time, if I'm good."

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)



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