skylark
Plural: skylarks
Noun
- brown-speckled European lark noted for singing while hovering at a great height
- A small brown passerine bird, Alauda arvensis, that sings as it flies high into the air.
Verb
Verb Forms: skylarked, skylarking, skylarks
- To frolic or play boisterously.
- play boisterously
- To jump about joyfully, frolic; to play around, play tricks.
Examples
- We used to SKYLARK during Scrabble games until we realized how serious the competition was.
Origin / 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.
Synonyms
Alauda arvensis, cavort, disport, frisk, frolic, gambol, lark, lark about, rollick, romp, run around, sport
Scrabble Score: 18
skylark: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordskylark: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
skylark: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary