barking
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English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɑɹkɪŋ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɑːkɪŋ/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)kɪŋ
- Hyphenation: bark‧ing
Etymology 1
From Middle English berkyng, berkande, equivalent to bark + -ing.
Verb
barking
- present participle and gerund of bark
- Synonym: (now rare) latrant
Derived terms
Adjective
barking (comparative more barking, superlative most barking)
- (British slang) Clipping of barking mad.
- Synonyms: three stops short of Dagenham; see also Thesaurus:insane
- He’s going to run the marathon in this hot weather dressed as Donald Duck – he must be barking!
Etymology 2
From Middle English berkyng, berking, berkynge, equivalent to bark + -ing.
Noun
barking (plural barkings)
- The action of the verb to bark.
- Synonym: (now rare) latration
- 1905, John Masefield, Sea Life in Nelson's Time:
- Old pigtailed seamen would tell of horseshoes found in the meat casks; of curious barkings and neighings heard in the slaughter-houses; and of negroes who disappeared near the victualling yards, to be seen no more.
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Alternative forms
- (removing of bark): borking
Noun
barking f (definite singular barkinga, indefinite plural barkingar, definite plural barkingane)
- tanning of skin with help of bark (usually willow, birch or oak bark)
- removing of bark from a tree or timber