See Also: armlock(dictionary)

lark (iou) and armlock (oh)


lark (iou)



lark verb. [l¨»:k] colloq. E19.
[Origin uncertain: perh. alt. of LAIK, but cf. SKYLARK verb.]
verb intrans. Play tricks, frolic (freq. foll. by about). Formerly esp. ride in a frolicsome manner, ride across country. E19.
Thackeray Jumping the widest brooks, and larking over the newest gates in the country. W. S. Maugham Stick to your work and don't go larking about with the girls.
verb trans. Make fun of, tease (a person); ride (a horse) across country. Now rare or obsolete. M19.
larker noun2 a person given to larking about E19.

armlock (oh)



a way in which a wrestler holds an opponent's arm so that he or she cannot move