To have fun, frolic and romp about in a slightly mischievous way.
โNow Bert, none of your larking about.โ
- Mary Poppins
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When someone does a harmless prank.
He was constantly larking around the office, looking for a laugh.
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When you don't have anything particular in mind, but are looking for an entertaining adventure.
Our group of friends decided to go larking the rest of the day.
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To do a Larking is to wander around aimlessly in your workplace, chatting to anyone who will listen to you in order to avoid your duties in your workplace as much as possible.
"Have you seen Patty around?" "Nah he's at the Dog's desk doing a Larking"
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To avoid doing things safely or properly in order to save money.
Dave is always larking our site.
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something done merely out of enjoyment or appreciation of the activity.
A: are you building another model? you only need one!
B: yeah, i'm doing this one just for larks.
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