List of antonyms from "sky scout" to antonyms from "slap-happy"


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Definition of the day : « skylarking »

  • 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
Example sentences :
  • "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