larking
larking is the present participle and gerund of lark.
Meaning of lark
Verb (1)
lark (third-person singular simple present larks, present participle larking, simple past and past participle larked)
- To catch larks (a type of bird).
- to go larking
Verb (2)
lark (third-person singular simple present larks, present participle larking, simple past and past participle larked)
- To sport, engage in harmless pranking.
- [T]hey laugh at us old boys,” thought old Pendennis. And he was not far wrong; the times and manners which he admired were pretty nearly gone—the gay young men “larked” him irreverently […]1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 68, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published...
- To frolic, engage in carefree adventure.
Noun
larking (plural larkings)
- A spirited or playful adventure.
- How was I to know that in this scapegrace's larkings about town she had twice encountered a young man who looked like a hero of romance […]1869, Ballou's Monthly Magazine, volume 30, page 60
Forms of larking
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