as in dancing
to play and run about happily
we would rather lark about in the summer than get part-time jobs
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for larking
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But what’s equally important to him is seeing non-Iranians dancing to Iranian music.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
1 May 2026 -
In a video shared on Instagram by Elite Event Robotics, a business that rents human-like robots for events, a child-sized robot could be seen dancing at a Southwest Airlines gate.—
Terry Castleman,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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Some are whimsical, like a handful of bunnies hopping on a trampoline.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2026
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Spend a couple of days checking out Pike Place Market (don't miss a cup of mac and cheese from Beecher's), going to the top of the Space Needle, and visiting the Museum of Pop Culture before hopping aboard a ferry and getting away from it all.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
2 May 2026
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All along the far side of the canyon, a cluster of dots began to wink on, like fireflies cavorting in a field.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
16 Mar. 2026
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Just a few weeks earlier, Miguel Angel Garcia Medina, 31, had been cavorting with his four children at their Arlington, Texas, home, meeting his 8-year-old daughter for lunch at school and giddily planning the arrival of their fifth child.—
Rick Jervis,
USA Today,
22 Nov. 2025
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The Diplomat, Slow Horses, and Paradise all feel like worthy nominees, but the fact that these three crowd-pleasing geopolitical conspiracy yarns have such overlap in their themes is going to keep any one of them from leaping ahead as a winner.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
2 May 2026
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The Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang has taken over a gargantuan room to house his 2006 piece Head On, consisting of 99 life-size sculptures of wolves leaping ferociously through the air.—
Lale Arikoglu,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 May 2026
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The outcome was one few anticipated, with Gray Davis romping to victory in the Democratic primary, then winning the governorship in a landslide.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
28 Mar. 2026
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The outcome was one few anticipated, with Gray Davis romping to victory in the Democratic primary, then winning the governorship in a landslide.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Mar. 2026
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And while there are multiple sequences showcasing Michael (played by his real-life nephew Jaafar Jackson) frolicking with his beloved chimpanzee Bubbles, the allegations of pedophilia against MJ are never once mentioned.—
Chris Lee,
Vulture,
24 Apr. 2026
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Grogu adorably taps Pascal’s helmet amid a tense battle moment, and later the little guy has other cute moments like sneezing and frolicking down a flight of stairs.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Apr. 2026
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Okay, so the cow immediately finds its baby, and then there is a BABY COW gamboling in a field.—
Alice Burton,
Vulture,
23 Feb. 2026
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Know Them By Their Fruits, for example, shows people and animals gamboling among fruit trees, and The Bermuda Triangle of Nacogdoches shows planes crashing into the ocean, in front of a plat of the landlocked town.—
Benjamin Lima
Special Contributor,
Dallas Morning News,
7 Feb. 2026
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Still, Felder is optimistic that consumers would still buy a FiberMaxxing Smoothie or Power Meal Spinach Pineapple Smoothie, rather than skipping the drink or making it at home.—
Amelia Lucas,
CNBC,
1 May 2026
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Other experts argue that skipping a month of mowing can do more harm than good.—
Ryan Brennan,
Sacbee.com,
1 May 2026
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“Larking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/larking. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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