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"LARKS" is a plural of: lark. |
Date "LARKS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1594. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Larks When the sky falls we shall catch larks. A way of stating to a person that his scheme or proposal is absurd or ridiculous. French: "Si le ciel tombait, il y aurait bien des alouettes." Latin: "Quid, si redio ad illes, qui alunt, quid si nunc coelum ruat?" Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Crosswords: LARKS |
| English words defined with "LARKS": Alaudidae ♦ family Alaudidae ♦ Laminiplantar, lark, Lark-colored, Larker ♦ pipit ♦ titlark. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "LARKS": Lark. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "LARKS": Bevy. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | The Sky Larks (1958) Sky Larks (1934) Larks Behind the Scene (1899) | |
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| Author | Quotation |
John Heywood | When the sky falleth we shall have larks. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | It is probable that the larks and the sparrows of the last century had a good deal of chattering about the president. |
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| "LARKS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 73.02% of the time. "LARKS" is used about 63 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 73.02% | 46 | 50,285 |
| Noun (proper) | 22.22% | 14 | 93,893 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 4.76% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 63 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "LARKS": pipit larks ♦ To dare larks. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "LARKS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Hungarian | korán kel (rise early, to be early astir, to get up with the larks). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | arkslay | ||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Alaemon alaudipes, Alauda arvensis, Ammomanes deserti, Calandrella brachydactyla, Calandrella cineria, Calandrella raytal, Chersophilus duponti, Eremophila alpestris, Galerida cristata, Galerida theklae, Lullula arborea, Melanocorypha bimaculata, Melanocorypha calandra, Melanocorypha leucoptera, Melanocorypha yeltoniensis, RM:lodola calandra, RM:lodola da la cresta, RM:lodola detta curta, RM:lodola puppenmellen. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "LARKS": larksome, larkspur, larkspurs. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "LARKS": meadowlarks, mudlarks, skylarks, titlarks, woodlarks. (additional references) | |
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"LARKS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Glafkos, karks, laiks, lakhs, laks, Lanks, larc, Larco, larcs, larfs, larke, larkks, larky, larns, larsa, larsy, larx, Laskys, Lavris, Lharc, uarks. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "LARKS" (pronounced lÄ"rks) |
| 4 | -Ä" r k s | arcs, barks, embarks, harks, marks, Marques, parks, quarks, remarks, sharks, sparks. |
| 3 | -r k s | ballparks, benchmarks, birthmarks, corks, earmarks, forks, hallmarks, landmarks, monarchs, patriarchs, pitchforks, trademarks, uncorks. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-k-l-r-s" | |
-1 letter: arks, lark, lars, sark. | |
-2 letters: als, ark, ars, ask, kas, lar, las, ras, sal, ska. | |
-3 letters: al, ar, as, ka, la. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-k-l-r-s" | |
+1 letter: kraals, lakers, slaker. | |
+2 letters: balkers, calkers, darkles, flakers, lackers, larkers, larkish, lashkar, leakers, lekvars, rankles, skylark, slacker, slakers, sparkle, sparkly, stalker, starkly, talkers, valkyrs, walkers. | |
+3 letters: armlocks, asparkle, barkless, bulwarks, cacklers, caulkers, clackers, clarkias, crackles, crankles, earlocks, flankers, grackles, gravlaks, hacklers, karakuls, kilobars, kilorads, klaverns, larkiest, larksome, larkspur, lashkars, lavrocks, lockrams, mudlarks, oarlocks, palikars, rackfuls, rakishly, rashlike, saltwork, shackler, skylarks, slackers, sparkily, sparkled, sparkler, sparkles, sparlike, stalkers, stalkier, starlike, tacklers, titlarks, warlocks. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 41 52 4B 53 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. .- .-. -.- ... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01000001 01010010 01001011 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L A R K S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0041 0052 004B 0053 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4635524553 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Quotations: Familiar 7. Quotations: Fiction 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Expressions 10. Translations: Modern 11. Translations: Ancient 12. Derivations | 13. Rhymes 14. Anagrams 15. Orthography 16. Bibliography |
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