different between purring vs barking
purring
English
Verb
purring
- present participle of purr
Noun
purring (plural purrings)
- A sound that purrs.
- (sports) Synonym of shin-kicking
Norwegian
Noun
purring
- reminder
- Jeg fikk en purring fra biblioteket. (Bokmål)
- Eg fekk ei purring frå biblioteket. (Nynorsk)
- I got a reminder from the library.
Inflection
purring From the web:
- what purring means
- purring what does it mean
- what does purring mean for a cat
- what is purring in cats
- what does purring sound like
- what does purring mean for a kitten
- what causes purring in cats
- what does purring mean for a guinea pig
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
- present participle of bark
Derived terms
- barking dogs seldom bite
Adjective
barking (comparative more barking, superlative most barking)
- Who or that barks or bark.
- (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)
- 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
Translations
Anagrams
- braking
barking From the web:
- what barking means
- what's barking like to live in
- what's barking cough
- what's barking in german
- what's barking spiders
- what's barking in french
- what barking at the wrong tree
- what's barking in irish
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