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LARK ABOUT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lark about mean?
• LARK ABOUT (verb)
The verb LARK ABOUT has 1 sense:
1. play boisterously
Familiarity information: LARK ABOUT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Play boisterously
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
cavort; disport; frisk; frolic; gambol; lark; lark about; rollick; romp; run around; skylark; sport
Context example:
The toddlers romped in the playroom
Hypernyms (to "lark about" is one way to...):
play (be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Context examples
She sang like a little lark about her work, never was too tired for Marmee and the girls, and day after day said hopefully to herself, "I know I'll get my music some time, if I'm good."
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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