different between zarking vs marking

English

Etymology

Coined by Douglas Adams as a derivative of zark in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1978). See -ing.

Pronunciation

Adjective

zarking (not comparable)

1. (slang, euphemistic) Fucking (as an intensifier).
   • 1997, "Scott McClare", ARSCC - An open letter (discussion on Internet newsgroup alt.religion.scientology)

     Nonsense. Why should those of us outside the U.S. give a zarking photon what the U.S. State Department thinks?

   • 2002, "major kong", apartments in wicker park etc.. (discussion on Internet newsgroup chi.general)

     The only time I was "approached" by a so called mugger was on the Gravigny Balizy stop THEN I had to spend 4 zarking hours in a zarking police station. I am glad they have cleaned it up since I was there in the late 80's and you had a good time there.

   • 2008, Andria Markut, The Chronicles of the Knights of the Code: Volume 1 the Search

     "You zarking, smeging ^[sic], harebrained fools!" Keindorm cursed the pair, picking his hat up off the ground […]

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m??k??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m??k??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)k??

Verb

marking

1. present participle of mark

Noun

marking (countable and uncountable, plural markings)

1. The action of marking.
2. A mark.
3. The characteristic colouration and patterning of an animal.
4. (graph theory) Any configuration of a Petri net with a number of marks or tokens distributed across it.

Derived terms

• marking blue
• marking error
• marking fire
• marking out
• price marking
• submarking