Definition of Lark

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Definition of Lark

Lark

A frolic; a jolly time.

To sport; to frolic.

Any one numerous species of singing birds of the genus Alauda and allied genera (family Alaudidae). They mostly belong to Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. In America they are represented by the shore larks, or horned by the shore larks, or horned larks, of the genus Otocoris. The true larks have holaspidean tarsi, very long hind claws, and usually, dull, sandy brown colors.

To catch larks; as, to go larking.

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Lark Quotations

I sing like a lark.
Layne Staley

I was probably the first kid in my high school to go to Yale. I applied almost as a lark. Then, when I got there, I was the dumbest person in your class.
Maya Lin

Jerry and I always felt that the character was enjoying himself. He was having fun: he wasn't taking himself seriously. It was always a lark for him, as you can see in my early drawings.
Joe Shuster

The lark that shuns on lofty boughs to build, Her humble nest, lies silent in the field.
Edmund Waller

My biggest accomplishment was playing "Lark" on the daytime drama Port Charles because it was the most regular acting job I have had, and I had to step in and fill someone else's shoes.
Amy Weber

Smokey and The Bandit was just a lark. All we did was run up and down those Georgia roads wrecking cars and having the time of our life.
Jerry Reed

Housework is a breeze. Cooking is a pleasant diversion. Putting up a retaining wall is a lark. But teaching is like climbing a mountain.
Fawn M. Brodie

Film is a lark to me - thank God I don't have to make a living from it.
Huey Lewis

We rise with the lark and go to bed with the lamb.
Nicholas Breton

Lark Translations

lark in Dutch is leeuwerik
lark in French is alouette
lark in German is Lerche
lark in Hungarian is pacsirta
lark in Italian is allodola
lark in Norwegian is lerke, moro
lark in Portuguese is cotovia
lark in Spanish is alondra

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