bebark

bebark

English

Etymology

From Middle English beberken, biberken, equivalent to be- +‎ bark.

Verb

bebark (third-person singular simple present bebarks, present participle bebarking, simple past bebarked or (obsolete) bebork, past participle bebarked or (obsolete) beborken)

1. (transitive) To bark about; bark around; bark at.
   • 1906, Charles Montagu Doughty, The dawn in Britain:

     The remnant, he accounts Dust, base world's dross; even who divinest spirits; Aye, and every lofty work of theirs bebarks, Presumption, still, with his hot carrion breath.

   • 1954, Peter Russell, Nine:

     With Morris such lapses are a rare exception, with Doughty fatally common and disastrous, as when certain gentlemen, audibly cavilling at some project, are said to 'bebark' it. Imagine Achilles bebarking a plan of Agamemnon's!