larking
pronunciation
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Word Origin
- larking (n.)
- "fun, frolicking," 1813, from present participle of lark (v.); see lark (n.2).
Example
- 1. Their favourite activity , larking about at the club .
- 2. Stop larking about , children , and settle down to do your homework .
- 3. No larking about , now , behave yourselves in church .
- 4. We were just larking about -- we didn 't mean to do any damage .
- 5. I was woken up by a couple of drunks larking around with a dustbin in the street .