barking
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barking¹
- /ˈbɑɹkɪŋ/ US
- /ˈbɑːkɪŋ/ UK
Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)kɪŋ
Where it comes from
From Middle English berkyng, berkande, equivalent to bark + -ing.
adjective more barking · most barking
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Clipping of barking mad
He’s going to run the marathon in this hot weather dressed as Donald Duck – he must be barking!
Similar: three stops short of Dagenham, 5150, bananas, barking, barking mad, fey, buggish, buggy, bughouse, barmy, batchy, batpoop
barking²
- /ˈbɑɹkɪŋ/ US
- /ˈbɑːkɪŋ/ UK
Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)kɪŋ
Where it comes from
From Middle English berkyng, berking, berkynge, equivalent to bark + -ing.
noun barkings
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The action of the verb to bark.
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.
Similar: latration
Barking³
- /ˈbɑː(ɹ)kɪŋ(ɡ)/ UK
Where it comes from
Compare older names such as Medieval Latin Berchingae (from the Domesday Book) and Latin Berecingum.
proper noun
- A town in the borough of Barking and Dagenham, in eastern Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4484).
- A village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM0753).
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: skin, barque, latrant, wow, yapping, howling, yelping, growling, woofing, baying, whimpering, ruffing, snarling, caterwauling, keening, ululating
Translations
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