skylarks
Capers and gambols
Skylarks connects two ideas through a single bird.
The skylark is a small brown songbird famous for singing while hovering high in the air—a joyful, seemingly carefree performance.
From this image comes the verb: to skylark is to frolic or play boisterously, especially in a reckless way.
Sailors skylarked in the rigging; children skylark in the yard.
They spent the afternoon skylarking instead of working.
songbird
Melodious perching avian
feathers · plumage · soaring · meadow · perch · flock · migration · ornithology · territorial · wingbeat
romp
Playful, spirited activity
revel · sport · caper · rollick · play · merriment · mischief · prank · jest · horseplay
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