larks in English

noun

1

a small ground-dwelling songbird, typically with brown streaky plumage, a crest, and elongated hind claws, and with a song that is delivered in flight.

In addition to communicating through song, larks will raise the crest of feathers in their head during agonistic and courtship displays.

2

something done for fun, especially something mischievous or daring; an amusing adventure or escapade.

I only went along for a lark

verb

1

enjoy oneself by behaving in a playful and mischievous way.

he jumped the fence to go larking the rest of the day

synonyms: fun, good fun, amusement, a laugh, a joke, an escapade, a prank, a trick, a jape, a practical joke

noun

fun, good fun, amusement, a laugh, a joke, an escapade, a prank, a trick, a jape, a practical joke
pipit, titlark
escapade
meadowlark

verb

sport
sport, rollick, frolic, run around, cavort, skylark, gambol, disport, lark about, romp, frisk

Use "larks" in a sentence

1. Everything listened to the singing larks in brooding thoughtlessness.

2. If the sky falls, we shall catch larks. 

3. Larks were rising in spirals from the ridge.

4. Lovers live by love, as larks live by leeks. 

5. I woke up to the sound of larks chirruping.

6. If the sky fll (or falls), we shall catch larks. 

7. It was a summer afternoon. The clear blue sky was dotted with fluttering larks.

8. They come in like zombies, out like larks, you know what I'm saying?

9. The sky is blue and the larks are singing and the brooks are brimming full.

10. Snow Buntings may form large foraging flocks in winter, often mixing with Horned Larks and longspurs.

11. Official Spokesperson, Shri Gopal Baglay: When the sky shall fall we shall catch the larks.

12. What larks and japes persuaded this audience to collapse in convulsions is a mystery as dark as the Druids' Runes.

13. Some 13 percent of those questioned were larks, getting up before 7am during the week and seeing no need for a lie-in at the weekend.

14. Islands would be the last King Crimson studio album before the group's trilogy of Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Starless and Bible Black and Red.

15. The region has a four-month growing season during which grasses, sedges, and medicinal herbs grow abundantly and support a host of insects, wild and domestic herbivores, larks, and finches.

16. Given the high degree of creativity that was occurring in 1973, it is really an impressive feat that "Larks Tongues in Aspic" stands out as particularly imaginative

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19. Antics plural noun clowning, tricks, stunts, mischief, larks, capers, pranks, frolics, escapades, foolishness, silliness, playfulness, skylarking, horseplay, buffoonery, tomfoolery, monkey tricks She tolerated his Antics. Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition

20. 4 servings 16 small birds (Beccaficos, larks, thrushes) 400 g (14 oz) cornmeal 100 g (3½ oz) butter 60 g (2 oz) lardo (cured back fat of pork) cut into small pieces 8 sage leaves salt Prepare polenta with the flour