lark (n.)

  1. North American songbirds having a yellow breast

    [ Syn: meadowlark ]

  2. a songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country; has streaky brown plumage

    [ Syn: pipit , titlark ]

  3. any of numerous predominantly Old World birds noted for their singing

  4. any carefree episode

    [ Syn: escapade ]

    lark (v.)

  1. play boisterously; The children frolicked in the garden; the gamboling lambs in the meadows; The toddlers romped in the playroom

    [ Syn: frolic , rollick , skylark , disport , sport , cavort , gambol , frisk , romp , run around , lark about ]

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