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|noun|
1.A person who habitually gets up early and feels energetic early in the day.
2.A small ground-dwelling songbird with elongated hind claws and a song that is delivered on the wing, typically crested and with brown streaky plumage.
‘For example, several lineages typically excluded from the nine-primaried oscines do have nine functional primaries per wing (e.g. larks and wagtails).’
‘While I was out in the desert I watched a crested lark hovering about 100 feet off the ground singing its heart out.’
3.An activity regarded as foolish or a waste of time.
‘he's serious about this music lark’
‘I sometimes think I'm not cut out for this whole technology lark, and today my faith in that belief has swung wildly from one extreme to the other.’
4.Something done for fun, especially something mischievous or daring; an amusing adventure or escapade.
‘I only went along for a lark’
‘For those that got in, we drank away until the wee small hours and talked of old times, japes and larks.’
5.Used in names of birds of other families that are similar to the lark, e.g. meadowlark.
‘And then, when I got there, still without seeing the meadow lark, there was a verdant patch of wild valerian basking in the sun and another corner with another patch of sunlight a little further on.’
‘Many, in times past, closely observed the movements of the bog lark, a bird you don't see that much nowadays.’
|verb|
1.Enjoy oneself by behaving in a playful and mischievous way.
‘he's always joking and larking about in the office’
‘I look forward to the time when these kids will be larking around on their breaks with me as I, once again, play the big western idiot.’
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