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barking

English

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /?b??k??/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?b??k??/
  • Rhymes: -??(?)k??
  • Hyphenation: bark?ing

Etymology 1

From Middle English berkyng, berkande, equivalent to bark +? -ing.

Verb

barking

  1. present participle of bark
Derived terms
  • barking dogs seldom bite

Adjective

barking (comparative more barking, superlative most barking)

  1. Who or that barks or bark.
  2. (British slang) Clipping of barking mad.
    Synonyms: three stops short of Dagenham; see also Thesaurus:insane

Etymology 2

From Middle English berkyng, berking, berkynge, equivalent to bark +? -ing.

Noun

barking (plural barkings)

  1. 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.
Translations

Anagrams

  • braking

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basking

English

Verb

basking

  1. present participle of bask

Derived terms

  • basking shark

Noun

basking (plural baskings)

  1. The act of one who basks.

Anagrams

  • bakings

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