"skylarking" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈskʌɪlɑːkɪŋ/ [UK] Forms: skylarkings [plural]
Etymology: From skylark + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|skylark|ing}} skylark + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} skylarking (countable and uncountable, plural skylarkings)
  1. (originally nautical) Playing around; frolicking; originally, running about the rigging of a vessel for fun; horseplay. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Nautical Translations (horseplay): chahut [masculine] (French)
    Sense id: en-skylarking-en-noun-2mCSyBV1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 50 50

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈskʌɪlɑːkɪŋ/ [UK]
Etymology: From skylark + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|skylark|ing}} skylark + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} skylarking
  1. present participle and gerund of skylark Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: skylark
    Sense id: en-skylarking-en-verb-bkcCiAGo Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 50 50

Inflected forms

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