skylark

verb

Definition of skylarknext
1
as in to cut up
to engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior couldn't resist the temptation to skylark as commencement ceremonies came to a close

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2
as in to play
to engage in activity for amusement he spends his time joking and skylarking, but his brother is serious and industrious

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skylark
  1. cut up
  2. play
  3. revel
  4. toy
  5. horse around
  6. show off
  7. roar
  8. act up
Verb
  • And past paintings, too, could be recycled, cut up and then reenlisted for new images.
    Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Each morning at 3 AM Lopez is at the Fulton Fish Market and all his orders are at the restaurant kitchen by 7 AM to be weighed and cut up, scaled and filleted.
    John Mariani, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of cut up
Verb
  • Mack played only a handful of snaps because of a groin injury.
    Elliott Teaford, Orange County Register, 10 Nov. 2024
  • The graduate student didn’t play in the season opener at Texas, only got in the game late against UNC, and played sparingly against CU before breaking out with a 156-yard, two-touchdown performance against UTEP.
    Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
Definition of play
Verb
  • Cramer noted that Price appeared to revel after Ford had his fingerprints and picture taken during the county’s standard booking process.
    East Bay Times editorial, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
  • The org reveled winners for its North America, Global, Latin America and Local competitions on Thursday night at the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of revel
Verb
  • The faster chip and larger RAM options open a world of possibilities that the Pi community is just beginning to toy around with.
    Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 21 Aug. 2019
  • In recent seasons, the fashion industry has toyed between the chunky combat and the second skin; the western-inspired and the equestrian; the reimagined welly and the distressed biker—we’ve even witnessed the resurgence of the Chelsea boot thanks to Jonathan Anderson at Loewe.
    Ciarra Lorren Zatorski, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2024
Definition of toy
Verb
  • After five teenage boys are shown horsing around on a Malibu beach for a few seconds, the shot dissolves into Liam’s perfect coif, his unbuttoned shirt, his disarming smile.
    Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The Game of Thrones alum, 28, was seen horsing around with the British aristocrat at a polo match at his family's estate in West Sussex, England on Saturday, June 29.
    Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 3 July 2024
Definition of horse around
Verb
  • That is good news for the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA), which puts on a spectacular show every fall to show off unique builds and trimmings that range from mild to wild.
    Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2024
  • This year, local restaurants are showing off their best versions of the recipe.
    Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of show off
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  • In the middle of the night, a fire on a playground on Cincinnati's riverfront grew into a roaring fireball that caused significant damage to the Daniel Carter Beard Bridge, a major artery connecting the city to Northern Kentucky.
    Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Buffett’s conservative posture comes as the stock market has roared higher this year on expectations for a smooth landing for the economy as inflation comes down and the Federal Reserve keeps cutting interest rates.
    Yun Li, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of roar
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  • But in 1954, Brando was at the height of his talents, bringing American acting up to and past to the British standard for the first time, with a realism achieved through that delicate balancing of gender qualities that pretty much no one before or after mastered in the same way.
    Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 23 July 2024
  • Babies remain the last vestige of scoundrels in sequel terms, so naturally the movie introduces a son to Gru (voiced as usual by Steve Carell) and Lucy (Kristen Wiig) who, semi-amusingly, can’t stand his dad, screaming or acting up in some other way every time Gru picks him up.
    Brian Lowry, CNN, 2 July 2024
Definition of act up
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