Skylarking

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈskʌɪlɑːkɪŋ/

Origin

From skylark + -ing.

Verb

1. Present participle of skylark

Full definition of skylarking

Noun

1. (originally nautical) Playing around; frolicking; originally, running about the rigging of a vessel for fun; horseplay.
• Herman Melville, Pierre... those gods and men whose titles to eminence are secure, seldom worry themselves about the seditious gossip of old apple-women, and the skylarkings of funny little boys in the street.