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barking

verb
/ˈbɑɹkɪŋ/US/ˈbɑːkɪŋ/UK/ˈbɑː(ɹ)kɪŋ(ɡ)/UK

Etymology

Compare older names such as Medieval Latin Berchingae (from the Domesday Book) and Latin Berecingum.

  1. inherited from berkyng

Definitions

  1. present participle and gerund of bark

  2. Clipping of barking mad.

    • He’s going to run the marathon in this hot weather dressed as Donald Duck – he must be barking!

  3. 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.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A town in the borough of Barking and Dagenham, in eastern Greater London, England (OS…

      A town in the borough of Barking and Dagenham, in eastern Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4484).

    2. A village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM0753).

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA