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What (who) is lark - definition

FAMILY OF THE ORDER PASSERINE BIRDS

Alaudidae; Larks; Alaudine

lark

I

n.

prank

for a lark (he did it just for a lark)

II

n.

type of bird

larks sing, warble

lark

(larks)

1.

A lark is a small brown bird which makes a pleasant sound.

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2.

If you say that doing something is a lark, you mean that it is fun, although perhaps naughty or dangerous.

The children thought it was a great lark...

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lark

lark¹

¦ noun

1. a songbird with brown streaky plumage, elongated hind claws, and a song that is delivered on the wing. [Alauda arvensis (skylark) and other species, family Alaudidae.]

used in names of similar birds of other families, e.g. meadowlark.

2. informal a person who habitually gets up early. Often contrasted with owl.

Phrases

be up with the lark Brit. get out of bed very early in the morning.

Origin

OE laferce, lwerce; of unknown ultimate origin.

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lark²

informal

¦ noun

1. an amusing adventure or escapade.

2. Brit. an activity regarded as foolish or a waste of time: he's serious about this music lark.

¦ verb (lark about/around) Brit. behave in a playful and mischievous way.

Derivatives

larkiness noun

larky adjective

Origin

C19: perh. from dialect lake 'play', but cf. skylark in the same sense, which is recorded earlier.

Wikipedia

Lark

Larks are passerine birds of the family Alaudidae. Larks have a cosmopolitan distribution with the largest number of species occurring in Africa. Only a single species, the horned lark, occurs in North America, and only Horsfield's bush lark occurs in Australia. Habitats vary widely, but many species live in dry regions. When the word "lark" is used without specification, it often refers to the Eurasian skylark (Alauda arvensis).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lark

Examples of use of lark

1. Dawn French on BBC‘s Lark Rise To Candleford "For Lark Rise To Candleford, I, and the other actresses who play the women of Lark Rise, had virtually no make–up on at all.

2. So maybe I should take this fashion lark more seriously.

3. The following year Fry translated Anouilhs The Lark.

4. She‘s fine," pageant representative Lark Anton told Reuters.

5. Caroline is by far the most controversial character in Lark Rise.