different between harking vs barking

English

Verb

harking

1. present participle of hark

Noun

harking (plural harkings)

1. The act of harking back; a reversion or return.
   • 1998, W. Bruce Lincoln, Between Heaven and Hell

     Despite such harkings to the Old Muscovite past, the trappings of European life inevitably followed once the Russians began to live in European settings.

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.

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