larking

verb

present participle of lark
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 larking The Reting Rinpoche dispatched a search team of high lamas, who soon heard about a precocious 2-year-old who enjoyed larking inside chicken coops but also frequently spoke yearningly about making a long journey to Lhasa. — Charlie Campbell, Time, 9 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for larking
  1. dancing
  2. hopping
  3. cavorting
  4. leaping
  5. romping
  6. frolicking
  7. gamboling
  8. skipping
Verb
  • Savchenko has been actively pursuing opportunities outside of dancing and is dabbling with a career in acting.
    — Sameen Chaudhry, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
  • At its El Segundo headquarters, dancing bots priced from about $2,000 to nearly $90,000 could fill roles in education, housework, security and warehouses.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of dancing
Verb
  • The likes of Dell, Acer, Asus, and Lenovo began hopping on the Wildcat Lake train fairly quickly, announcing would-be Neo competitors.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 24 Aug. 2026
  • To descend to the pitch-black floor of a crater, Chang’e-7 will deploy a novel hopping probe.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of hopping
Verb
  • Euphoric players cavorting in disbelief, long-suffering fans crumpling to their knees in tears, commentators’ voices cracking at the drama of it all.
    — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 27 July 2026
  • McGinley photographed models cavorting naked (always naked) through sand dunes in the Mojave Desert and pine forests in Vermont, in a frigid ice cave in upstate New York and perched above a rushing waterfall in Tennessee.
    — Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 4 July 2026
Definition of cavorting
Verb
  • In the fifth inning, left fielder Sam Antonacci just missed making a leaping grab on a ball hit to the wall by Isaac Paredes.
    — LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Wolf’s Shinobi Prosthetic houses a grappling hook for scaling rooftops, leaping between trees, and approaching enemies stealthily.
    — Aman Kumar, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of leaping
Verb
  • There’s not a grapevine on the property, only horses romping in the pasture that can be seen from both customer settings.
    — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The Knicks had piled up massive scoring margins while romping through the Eastern Conference playoffs, then were just good enough in the two games in San Antonio.
    — Brian Mahoney, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2026
Definition of romping
Verb
  • The small-dog park remained on top of the 100 African graves — though pets are prohibited from frolicking in the island’s other cemeteries.
    — Oliver Wu, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Many a time while working in the field, Walker and her team saw their target species frolicking above their heads, yet their nets remained frustratingly empty at the end of the night.
    — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of frolicking
Verb
  • The foundation's dogs typically eat about 10 metric tons (22,046 pounds) of dry food each year and spend their summers gamboling in the remnants of snow in the mountains before heading 40 kilometers (25 miles) down winding roads back to the kennel in Barryland.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 June 2026
  • 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
Definition of gamboling
Verb
  • It was announced at IFA alongside the Osmo 360 II action camera, which is also skipping the US.
    — Dominic Preston, The Verge, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Those skipping the event cite plans in their districts and other obligations.
    — Joey Garrison, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of skipping

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