I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
1. : a common Old World lark ( Alauda arvensis ) with dark brown upper parts, a buff throat and breast streaked with brown, and creamy white abdomen that inhabits chiefly open country and is noted for its song especially as uttered in vertical flight
2. : any of various birds (as Sprague's pipit) that resemble the skylark
II. intransitive verb
1. : to run up and down the rigging of a ship in sport
2. : to frolic in a playful or boisterous manner : fool around
were skylarking on the hike — L.M.Uris
III. noun
Etymology: skylark (II)
: lark IV 1
full of gusto, and to him everything is a skylark — John Hersey