lark
noun
[ lɑːk ]
• 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.
Origin:
Old English lāferce, lǣwerce ; related to Dutch leeuwerik and German Lerche ; of unknown ultimate origin.
lark
noun
• something done for fun, especially something mischievous or daring; an amusing adventure or escapade.
• "I only went along for a lark"
Similar:
fun,
amusement,
amusing time,
laugh,
giggle,
joke,
escapade,
prank,
trick,
game,
jape,
skylark,
practical joke,
stunt,
leg-pull,
put-on,
gag,
crack,
antics,
high jinks,
horseplay,
fooling about,
fooling around,
mischief,
devilry,
roguery,
clowning,
tomfoolery,
shenanigans,
monkey tricks,
monkey business,
didoes,
sport,
lark
verb
• enjoy oneself by behaving in a playful and mischievous way.
• "he's always joking and larking about in the office"
Similar:
fool about,
fool around,
play tricks,
indulge in horseplay,
make mischief,
monkey about,
monkey around,
clown about,
clown around,
have fun,
cavort,
caper,
romp,
frolic,
skylark,
mess about,
mess around,
play up,
act the (giddy) goat,
muck about,
muck around,
fanny about,
fanny around,
footle about,
footle around,
disport oneself,
bugger about,
bugger around,
piss about,
piss around,
arse about,
arse around,
Origin:
early 19th century: perhaps from dialect lake ‘play’, from Old Norse leika, but compare with skylark in the same sense, which is recorded earlier.
