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Synonyms for skylarking
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : skahy-lahrk |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈskaɪˌlɑrk |
Top 10 synonyms for skylarking Other synonyms for the word skylarking
- bluffing
- buffoonery
- caper
- caprice
- carousal
- carouse
- celebrate
- clownishness
- cut capers
- cut up
- debauch
- drollery
- escapade
- fancy
- farce
- festivity
- fool around
- fooling
- frisk
- frolic
- frolicking
- fun
- fun and games
- gaiety
- gala
- gambol
- game
- go on the town
- hotfoot
- jesting
- joke
- jollification
- jollity
- joshing
- joviality
- kid around
- kidding
- let loose
- levity
- lightness
- make merry
- making light
- merriment
- mockery
- monkeyshines
- nonsense
- party
- play
- prank
- pretense
- put-on
- revel
- reveling
- revelment
- rib
- roister
- rollic
- rollick
- romp
- roughhouse
- roughhousing
- rowdiness
- saturnalia
- sham
- shenanigan
- shenanigans
- shine
- skip
- skylark
- skylarking
- spoofing
- sport
- spree
- teasing
- tomfoolery
- trifling
- wassail
- whim
- whoop it up
- whoopee
Définition of skylarking
Origin :- the common European lark, 1680s, from sky (n.) + lark (n.1). So called because it sings as it mounts toward the sky in flight.
- As in prank : noun practical joke; frivolity
- As in revel : noun celebration, merrymaking
- As in shenanigan : noun prank
- As in fooling : noun joking, tricks
- As in frolic : noun amusement, revel
- As in romp : verb have fun, enjoy oneself
- "I—er—I imagined some of the students were skylarking," faltered the assistant.
- Extract from : « Dave Porter and His Rivals » by Edward Stratemeyer
- “You were skylarking then, my lad, and the ship was not pitching and tumbling about as she now is,” he said.
- Extract from : « Paddy Finn » by W. H. G. Kingston
- Now, you youngsters, what are you skylarking away there for?
- Extract from : « Sunshine Bill » by W H G Kingston
- They set off on their ramble, Tom and Gerald, and the other youngsters, skylarking as usual.
- Extract from : « The Three Lieutenants » by W.H.G. Kingston
- Here, Chunky, take this new hand alongside of you, and see that there is no skylarking.
- Extract from : « Down the Slope » by James Otis
- All the time that he was singing the vespers he was skylarking like an imp.
- Extract from : « Being a Boy » by Charles Dudley Warner
- Nothing breakable in it except the crockery, and plenty of room for skylarking.
- Extract from : « Fernley House » by Laura E. Richards
- Some of them were skylarking around Port Hudson and did not get any supper.
- Extract from : « Diary of an Enlisted Man » by Lawrence Van Alstyne
- “This skylarking at night must stop,” said the master of the Hall.
- Extract from : « The Putnam Hall Encampment » by Arthur M. Winfield
- Sometimes it would be exercise, sometimes a bit of a play, or skylarking.
- Extract from : « Christmas Penny Readings » by George Manville Fenn
Antonyms for skylarking
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