Definitions for hark

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Spelling: [hahrk]

IPA: /hɑrk/

Hark is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 21 anagrams from letters in hark (ahkr).

Definitions for hark

noun

1. a hunter's shout to hounds, as to encourage them in following the scent.

Verb phrases

1. hark back, (of hounds) to return along the course in order to regain a lost scent. to return to a previous subject or point; revert:

verb (used with object)

1. Archaic. to listen to; hear.

verb (used without object)

1. to listen attentively; hearken.

Origin of hark

1175-1225; Middle English herken, earlier herkien, Old English *heorcian; cognate with Old Frisian herkia, harkia; akin to Middle Dutch harken, Middle High German, German horchen. See

Examples for hark

hark ye, friend'—to one of the prisoners—'to what regiment do you belong?'

hark ye, lad Alleyne, to what I never told man or woman yet.

Out there in the dark there is the wild tattoo of a thousand rifles; and hark!

And hark you, Calderon, I tell you that I will not forego this pursuit.

hark, I hear the piping of the shepherd and the tinkling bell of the wether.

Three times when I turned abruptly from her to Camille and called, "hark!"

Why do you think you decided to hark back to your high school days for this particular record?

hark back to the Buffett Rule, another prime slice of collective madness orchestrated by the power elite.

There, now he frowns again, and—hark what more he has to say.

Didn't you give me 'hark from the tomb' for gittin' up and goin' away?