LARK


Meaning of LARK in English

1. n.1 any small bird of the family Alaudidae with brown plumage, elongated hind claws and tuneful song, esp. the skylark.

2 any of various similar birds such as the meadow lark.

Etymology: OE laferce, l{aelig}werce, of unkn. orig. 2. n. & v. colloq.

--n.

1. a frolic or spree; an amusing incident; a joke.

2 Brit. a type of activity, affair, etc. (fed up with this digging lark).

--v.intr. (foll. by about) play tricks; frolic.

Derivatives:

larky adj. larkiness n.

Etymology: 19th c.: orig. uncert.

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.