skylarker

noun

as in larker

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  1. monkey
  2. madcap
  3. urchin
  4. rascal
Noun
  • Last year, the Carolina Hurricanes won the Stanley Cup and have to feel like the proverbial monkey is off their backs.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Perhaps like one’s heart crisply split in two, spilling its squelched juices, like the baobab fruit broken open by the stylish monkey in The Lion King, my favorite vintage cartoon.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of monkey
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  • The fare isn’t noteworthy or unique, except for the onion soup with its madcap, enormous puff pastry lid.
    — Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • New reads abound for your vacation tote throughout the weeks of July, with fiction picks featuring a Carnival cruise casualty, a highly entertaining jewel heist at the Waldorf-Astoria, and a Soviet-era madcap adventure.
    — Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
Definition of madcap
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  • Culinary is a focus of Shiki-Shima, with travelers on the 3-night route introduced to sea urchin fresh from the sea, Japanese tea culture, and sushi using fish from Niigata.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Johns began his climb to the top of the hair-color pyramid as a part-Italian, part-Yugoslavian, part-French urchin in the Pittsburgh projects.
    — Vanessa Friedman, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of urchin
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  • Even though the Feeneys have gotten more competitive under the junior Michel’s management, the rascal-on-the-field ethos of the original team still prevails.
    — Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
  • Not even the curmudgeonly Melvin can bring himself to harm the little rascal.
    — Camille Perri, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
Definition of rascal
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