skylark

/ˈskaɪlɑːk/

Etymology

From sky + lark. Verb sense 1809, originally nautical, possibly influenced by northern English dialectal term lake/laik (“to play”) (from Old Norse leika (“to play (as opposed to work)”)); see lark for details.

skylark means A small brown passerine bird, Alauda arvensis, that sings as it flies high into the air. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 66 out of 100.

skylark is pronounced /ˈskaɪlɑːk/.

noun

A small brown passerine bird, Alauda arvensis, that sings as it flies high into the air.

verb

To jump about joyfully, frolic; to play around, play tricks.“I cherished no malice towards him, though he had been skylarking with me not a little in the matter of my bedfellow.”