barking
See also: Barking
English
Pronunciation
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(r)kɪŋ
Etymology 1
From Middle English berkyng, berkande, equivalent to bark + -ing.
Verb
barking
- present participle of bark
Derived terms
- barking dogs seldom bite
Adjective
barking (comparative more barking, superlative most barking)
- Who or that barks or bark.
- a barking dog
- (British slang) Clipping of barking mad.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1905, John Masefield, Sea Life in Nelson's Time
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