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barking

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English berkyng, berkande, equivalent to bark +‎ -ing.

Verb

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barking

  1. present participle and gerund of bark
    Synonym: (now rare) latrant
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Adjective

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barking (comparative more barking, superlative most barking)

  1. (British slang) Clipping of barking mad.
    Synonyms: three stops short of Dagenham; see also Thesaurus:insane
    He’s going to run the marathon in this hot weather dressed as Donald Duck – he must be barking!

Etymology 2

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From Middle English berkyng, berking, berkynge, equivalent to bark +‎ -ing.

Noun

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barking (plural barkings)

  1. The action of the verb to bark.
    Synonym: (now rare) latration
    • 1905, John Masefield, Sea Life in Nelson's Time:
      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.
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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barking f (definite singular barkinga, indefinite plural barkingar, definite plural barkingane)

  1. tanning of skin with help of bark (usually willow, birch or oak bark)
  2. removing of bark from a tree or timber

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