barking
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Definitions ofbarking
- To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs).
Synonyms: "give tongue"
Example: "The neighbour's dog is always barking."
- To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries.
- To speak sharply.
Example: "The sergeant barked an order."
- To strip the bark from; to peel.
- To abrade or rub off any outer covering from.
Example: "to bark one’s heel"
- To girdle.
- To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark.
Example: "bark the roof of a hut"
- Who or that barks or bark.
Example: "a barking dog"
- Completely insane.
Synonyms: "three stops short of Dagenham"
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