Definitions for Barking

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Barking Bar·king

Spelling: [bahr-king]

IPA: /ˈbɑr kɪŋ/

Barking is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 179 anagrams from letters in Barking (abgiknr).

Definitions for Barking

noun

1. a borough of Greater London, England.
2. the abrupt, harsh, explosive cry of a dog.
3. a similar sound made by another animal, as a fox.
4. a short, explosive sound, as of firearms:
5. a brusque order, reply, etc.:
6. a cough.
7. the external covering of the woody stems, branches, and roots of plants, as distinct and separable from the wood itself.
8. Tanning. a mixture of oak and hemlock barks.
9. candy, usually of chocolate with large pieces of nuts, made in flat sheets.

Idioms

1. bark at the moon, to protest in vain:
2. bark up the wrong tree, to assail or pursue the wrong person or object; misdirect one's efforts:

verb (used with object)

1. to utter in a harsh, shouting tone:
2. to rub off or scrape the skin of, as by bumping into something:
3. to remove a circle of bark from; girdle.
4. to cover, enclose, or encrust with or as if with bark.
5. to treat with a bark infusion; tan.
6. to strip the bark from; peel.

verb (used without object)

1. (of a dog or other animal) to utter an abrupt, explosive cry or a series of such cries.
2. to make a similar sound:
3. to speak or cry out sharply or gruffly:
4. Informal. to advertise a theater performance, carnival sideshow, or the like, by standing at the entrance and calling out to passersby.
5. to cough.

Origin of Barking

before 900; Middle English berken, Old English beorcan; akin to Old English borcian to bark, Old Norse berkja to bluster, Lithuanian burgė́ti to growl, quarrel, Serbo-Croatian br̀gljati to m

Examples for Barking

Then, Barking joyfully, he set off down the slope to the village.

She only knew he was there because the dog at the priest's house was Barking.

The worst was, that they did not confine their demonstrations to Barking.

Back at police headquarters, Chief of Police Michael Floore Sr. ran out of the detective bureau, Barking into a walkie talkie.

They make all kinds of calls and noises as we pass: slurps, hissing, Barking, and even machine-gun sounds.

Producers are Barking into an earpiece to speed things up or slow things down.

He approached ahead of her, Barking furiously, and I put down my hand for him to sniff, which seemed to enrage him further.

A Coyote came bounding and Barking through the sage-brush after him.

In the village we were met by a number of dogs, all Barking loudly.

The Bears needed a shot of adrenaline to wake the Barking dogs.