"larks" in the noun sense

1. meadowlark, lark

North American songbirds having a yellow breast

2. pipit, titlark, lark

a songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country has streaky brown plumage

3. lark

any of numerous predominantly Old World birds noted for their singing

4. escapade, lark

any carefree episode

"larks" in the verb sense

1. frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark about

play boisterously

"The children frolicked in the garden"

"the gamboling lambs in the meadows"

"The toddlers romped in the playroom"

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