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skylarking en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈskʌɪlɑːkɪŋ/ (UK)

Etymology

From skylark + -ing.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Playing around; frolicking; originally, running about the rigging of a vessel for fun; horseplay.
   • […] those gods and men whose titles to eminence are secure, seldom worry themselves about the seditious gossip of old apple-women, and the skylarkings of funny little boys in the street. 1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or, The Ambiguities:

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Translations (1)

fr chahut (horseplay)

skylarking en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈskʌɪlɑːkɪŋ/ (UK)

Etymology

From skylark + -ing.

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of skylark
   form of skylark