skylarking

English

Etymology

From skylark +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈskʌɪlɑːkɪŋ/

Verb

skylarking

1. present participle and gerund of skylark

Noun

skylarking (countable and uncountable, plural skylarkings)

1. (originally nautical) Playing around; frolicking; originally, running about the rigging of a vessel for fun; horseplay.
   • 1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or, The Ambiguities:

     […] 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.

Translations

horseplay

• French: chahut (fr) m