BARKING

Etymology 1

Verb

barking

present participle of bark

Adjective

barking (comparative more barking, superlative most barking)

Who or that barks or bark.

(British slang) Clipping of barking mad.

Synonyms: three stops short of Dagenham, Thesaurus:insane

Etymology 2

Noun

barking (plural barkings)

The action of the verb to bark.

Anagrams

• braking

Etymology

Proper noun

Barking

A town in London in eastern Greater London.

Anagrams

• braking

Source: Wiktionary

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BARK

Bark, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Barked (p. pr. & vb. n. Barking.]

1. To strip the bark from; to peel.

2. To abrade or rub off any outer covering from; as to bark one's heel.

3. To girdle. See Girdle, v. t., 3.

4. To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark; as, to bark the roof of a hut.

Bark, v. i. Etym: [OE. berken, AS. beorcan; akin to Icel. berkja, and prob. to E. break.]

1. To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs; -- said of some animals, but especially of dogs.

2. To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries. They bark, and say the Scripture maketh heretics. Tyndale. Where there is the barking of the belly, there no other commands will be heard, much less obeyed. Fuller.

Bark, n.

Definition: The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog; a similar sound made by some other animals.

Bark, Barque, n. Etym: [F. barque, fr. Sp. or It. barca, fr. LL. barca for barica. See Barge.]

1. Formerly, any small sailing vessel, as a pinnace, fishing smack, etc.; also, a rowing boat; a barge. Now applied poetically to a sailing vessel or boat of any kind. Byron.

2. (Naut.)

Definition: A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast squarerigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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