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larking about

larking about is the present participle and gerund of lark about.

Meaning of lark about

Verb

lark about (third-person singular simple present larks about, present participle larking about, simple past and past participle larked about)

  1. Synonym of lark around.
    Synonyms:
    lark around

Questions about larking about

What is larking about the present participle and gerund of?
Larking about is the present participle and gerund of lark about.

Words near larking about in the dictionary

  1. larkily
  2. Larkin
  3. Larkinesque
  4. larkiness
  5. larking
  6. larking about
  7. larking around
  8. larkingly
  9. larkings
  10. Larkinian
  11. Larkinism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: larking about (page history and authors); lark about (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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