skylark

B2 Topic:Animals

US /ˈskaɪlɑɹk/ UK /ˈskaɪlɑːk/ See IPA manual

Freq #41278

Meanings

1

noun
A small brown bird known for singing while flying high into the air.

A skylark rose from the field, singing as it climbed into the morning sky.
2

verb
To play and have fun in a noisy, carefree way.

The children were skylarking in the garden instead of doing their homework.

Verb forms

Verb forms are not available for this word yet.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

2 verb · to play and have fun in a... lark

Word family

Forms skylarks

Etymology

From sky + lark. Verb sense 1809, originally nautical, possibly influenced by northern English dialectal term lake/laik (“to play”) (from Old Norse leika (“to play (as opposed to work)”)); see lark for details.

leika Old Norse

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Topics

Animals

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# skylark

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈskaɪlɑɹk/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈskaɪlɑːk/
**Frequency rank:** 41278

## Meanings
1. A small brown bird known for singing while flying high into the air.
2. To play and have fun in a noisy, carefree way.

## Examples
- A skylark rose from the field, singing as it climbed into the morning sky.
- The children were skylarking in the garden instead of doing their homework.

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: leika

## Etymology
From sky + lark. Verb sense 1809, originally nautical, possibly influenced by northern English dialectal term lake/laik (“to play”) (from Old Norse leika (“to play (as opposed to work)”)); see lark for details.

## AI Etymology
Skylark is from sky + lark. Verb sense 1809, originally nautical, possibly influenced by northern English dialectal term lake/laik (“to play”) (from Old Norse leika (“to play (as opposed to work)”)); see lark for details. Important forms in the word's history include Old Norse leika. In current use it includes senses such as A small brown bird known for singing while flying high into the air and To play and have fun in a noisy, carefree way.

## Topics
- Animals

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