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    barking
    /ˈbɑːkɪŋ/

    noun

    • 1. the making of a sharp explosive cry by a dog, fox, or seal: "the distant barking of a dog became audible"
    • 2. the abrupt or aggressive utterance of a command or question: "his non-stop barking of orders"

    adjective

    • 1. (of a dog, fox, or seal) making a sharp explosive cry: "a barking dog woke us"
    • 2. completely mad or crazy: informal British "we are all a bit barking"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishBARKING | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    crazy or extremely silly: She must have been barking mad to lend him so much money. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Stupid and silly. absurdity. absurdly. adolescent. against your better judgment idiom. dopily. dorky. dottiness. dotty. dozily. in his/her/their wisdom idiom. in someone's infinite wisdom idiom. inadvisable. injudiciously

  3. www.thefreedictionary.com › BarkingBarking - definition of Barking by The Free Dictionary

    n. 1. The tough outer covering of the woody stems and roots of trees, shrubs, and other woody plants. It includes all tissues outside the vascular cambium. 2. A specific kind of bark used for a special purpose, as in tanning or medicine. tr.v. barked, bark·ing, barks. 1. To remove bark from (a tree or log). 2.

  4. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishBARKING definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    adjective. 1. mad; crazy. adverb. 2. ( intensifier) barking mad. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word Frequency. Barking in American English. (ˈbɑrkɪŋ ) former municipal borough of SE England: now, with Dagenham, constituting a borough ( Barking and Dagenham) of Greater London: pop. 144,000.

  5. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › barkBark Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Learn the various meanings and uses of the word bark, from the sound of a dog to the covering of a tree. See synonyms, examples, etymology, and related phrases of bark.

  6. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishBARK | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    A dog in the next street was barking most of the night. We always know when someone's coming to the door because the dog barks. The baby started to cry when the puppy barked at her. The hounds spotted a rabbit in the distance and ran off barking excitedly. At the vet's, everyone was sitting quietly when my dog suddenly began to bark.

  7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishBARK definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    16 meanings: 1. the loud abrupt usually harsh or gruff cry of a dog or any of certain other animals 2. a similar sound, such as.... Click for more definitions.

  8. www.wordreference.com › definition › barkingbarking - WordReference.com Dictionary of English

    to rub off or scrape the skin of, as by bumping into something: to bark one's shins. to remove a circle of bark from; girdle. to cover, enclose, or encrust with or as if with bark. Clothing to treat with a bark infusion; tan. to strip the bark from; peel.