English Explanatory Dictionary

lark

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae.
  2. Any of various similar-appearing birds, but usually ground-living, such as the meadowlark and titlark.
  3. One who wakes early; one who is up with the larks.
  4. A jolly or peppy person.
verb
  1. To catch larks (a type of bird).
noun
  1. A frolic or romp, some fun.
  2. A prank.
verb
  1. To sport, engage in harmless pranking.
  2. To frolic, engage in carefree adventure.
name
  1. A surname transferred from the nickname, from lark as a byname or for a catcher and seller of larks.
  2. A surname originating as a patronymic shortened from Larkin, a medieval diminutive of Laurence.
  3. A male given name transferred from the surname, of occasional usage.
  4. A female given name from English from the lark bird.
  5. A river in England, on the border between Suffolk and Cambridgeshire.
name
  1. Alternative form of Larak (“island off the coast of Iran”).

Pronunciation

läk /lɑːk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lakh.wav lärk /lɑɹk/ En-us-lark.ogg

Word forms

lark larks laverock lavrock larking larked

Etymology

From Middle English larke, laverke, from Old English lāwerce, lǣwerce, lāuricæ, from Proto-West Germanic *laiwarikā, from Proto-Germanic *laiwarikǭ, *laiwazikǭ (compare dialectal West Frisian larts, Dutch leeuwerik, German Lerche), from *laiwaz (borrowed into Finnish leivo, Estonian lõo), of unknown ultimate origin with no definitive cognates outside of Germanic.

Synonyms

early bird early riser whim especially in phrase on a whim

Antonyms

owl

Related words

skylark

Derived words

Beesley's lark bushlark calandra lark crested lark day lark gay as a lark greater short-toed lark happy as a lark hoopoe-lark horned lark lark bunting lark buttonquail larker larkheel larklike lark-plover lark's-heel lark sparrow larkspur lark's tongue magpie-lark meadowlark mudlark pink-billed lark rise with the lark rising lark sand lark scribble lark sea lark shore lark shorelark skylark songlark sparrow-lark titlark torrent-lark up with the lark woodlark writing lark blow this for a lark fuck this for a lark larkish larksome larky on a lark screw this for a lark sod this for a lark lark about lark around larkingly
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