barking
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɑɹkɪŋ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɑːkɪŋ/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)kɪŋ
- Hyphenation: bark‧ing
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English berkyng, berkande, equivalent to bark + -ing.
Verb[edit]
barking
- present participle and gerund of bark
- Synonym: (now rare) latrant
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Adjective[edit]
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[edit]
From Middle English berkyng, berking, berkynge, equivalent to bark + -ing.
Noun[edit]
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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