SKYLARK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does skylark mean? 

• SKYLARK (noun)
  The noun SKYLARK has 1 sense:

1. brown-speckled European lark noted for singing while hovering at a great height

  Familiarity information: SKYLARK used as a noun is very rare.

• SKYLARK (verb)
  The verb SKYLARK has 1 sense:

1. play boisterously

  Familiarity information: SKYLARK used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SKYLARK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Brown-speckled European lark noted for singing while hovering at a great height

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Alauda arvensis; skylark

Hypernyms ("skylark" is a kind of...):

lark (any of numerous predominantly Old World birds noted for their singing)

Holonyms ("skylark" is a member of...):

Alauda; genus Alauda (type genus of the Alaudidae: skylarks)

• SKYLARK (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they skylark    ... he / she / it skylarks   
Past simple: skylarked   
Past participle: skylarked   
-ing form: skylarking   

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 "skylark" 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 

Oh, you are indeed there, my skylark!

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

This is a rum start, and I can't name the voice, but it's someone skylarking—someone that's flesh and blood, and you may lay to that.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

I hate it! Nothing but grinding or skylarking.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)