bark
Part of speech: verb
noun
intj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
Etymology: From Middle English barken, berken, borken, from Old English beorcan (“to bark”), from the Proto-West Germanic *berkan (“to bark”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerg- (“to make a noise, growl, bark”), from *bʰer- (“to drone, hum, buzz”). Cognate with Icelandic berkja (“to bark, bluster”), Icelandic barki (“throat, windpipe”), dialectal Lithuanian burgė́ti (“to growl, grumble, grouch, quarrel”), Serbo-Croatian brbljati (“to murmur”). For the noun, compare Old English beorc, bearce (“barking”)..
Inflected forms:
form: barks
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: barking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: barked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: barked
pos: verb
tags: past
form: barke
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: barks
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: barke
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: barke
pos: intj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs).
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The neighbour's dog is always barking.
The seal barked as the zookeeper threw fish into its enclosure.
gloss: To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: And therefore they bark, and say the scripture maketh heretics.
Where there is the barking of the belly, there no other commands will be heard, much less obeyed.
gloss: To speak sharply.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The sergeant barked an order.
Plainly he was prepared to bark out an interminable succession of charges against the Wanderer.
Sudden anger rose in him. “What I’m looking for,” he barked, “is to be left in peace.” His voice trembled with a rage far bigger than her intrusion merited, the rage which shocked him whenever it coursed through his nervous system, like a flood.
While McCarthy prowled the touchline barking orders, his opposite number watched on motionless and expressionless and, with 25 minutes to go, decided to throw on Nicolas Anelka for Kalou.
gloss: The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog, a fox, and some other animals.
pos: noun
gloss: An abrupt loud vocal utterance.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
examples: Fox’s clumsy figure, negligently dressed in blue and buff, seemed unprepossessing; only his shaggy eyebrows added to the expression of his face; his voice would rise to a bark in excitement.
Long before Shap platform showed up around a corner and the two arms on the gradient post drooped in both directions at once, Duchess of Buccleuch's amiable throbbing purr at the stack [funnel, chimney] had become a fierce freight-engine bark, as she resolutely dragged at her enormous load.
gloss: The quick opening of the hi-hat cymbal as it is hit, followed by its timely closing.
pos: noun
gloss: (video games) A short, repeatable, and unobtrusive voiceline spoken by an NPC.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: The sound of a dog barking.
pos: intj
Derived words: bark at print
bark at the wrong tree
barking
barking deer
barking dogs never bite
barking spider
barking squirrel
bark up the wrong tree
barky
bebark
buy a dog and bark oneself
dogs are barking
don't keep a dog and bark yourself
have a dog and bark oneself
keep a dog and bark oneself
outbark
park and bark
the dogs bark, but the caravan goes on
the dogs bark, but the caravan moves on
why keep a dog and bark yourself
all bark and no bite
all bark but no bite
all bark no bite
bark collar
Barkese
barkitecture
bark mitzvah
barkometer
bark park
barksome
massoy bark
midbark
mussoi bark
one's bark is worse than one's bite
barkery
barkless
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: blaf
lang: Afrikaans
word: geblaf
lang: Arabic
word: نُبَاح
roman: nubāḥ
lang: Armenian
word: հաչոց
roman: hačʻocʻ
lang: Asturian
word: lladríu
lang: Belarusian
word: брахня́
roman: braxnjá
lang: Belarusian
word: лай
roman: laj
lang: Belarusian
word: га́ўканне
roman: háwkannje
lang: Belarusian
word: брэх
roman: brex
lang: Bulgarian
word: лай
roman: laj
lang: Catalan
word: lladruc
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 吠
roman: fèi
lang: Cornish
word: harth
lang: Crimean Tatar
word: talamaq
lang: Czech
word: štěkání
lang: Czech
word: štěkot
lang: Danish
word: gøen
lang: Dutch
word: geblaf
lang: Esperanto
word: bojo
lang: Finnish
word: haukku
lang: Finnish
word: haukahdus
lang: French
word: aboiement
lang: Galician
word: ladro
lang: Georgian
word: ყეფა
roman: q̇epa
lang: German
word: Bellen
lang: German
word: Gebell
lang: Greek
word: γάβγισμα
roman: gávgisma
lang: Greek
word: αλύχτημα
roman: alýchtima
lang: Greek
word: υλακή
roman: ylakí
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ὑλαγμός
roman: hulagmós
lang: Hebrew
word: נביחה
roman: nevikhá
lang: Hungarian
word: ugatás
lang: Icelandic
word: gelt
lang: Icelandic
word: gá
lang: Icelandic
word: hundgá
lang: Icelandic
word: gey
lang: Icelandic
word: gjamm
lang: Icelandic
word: bofs
lang: Irish
word: tafann
lang: Irish
word: sceamh
lang: Italian
word: abbaiamento
lang: Italian
word: latrato
lang: Japanese
word: 吠え声
roman: hoegoe
lang: Khmer
word: ព្រុស
roman: bproh
lang: Central Kurdish
word: ھەپاندن
roman: hepandin
lang: Central Kurdish
word: وەڕین
roman: werrîn
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: reyîn
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: ewtîn
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: rewîn
lang: Latin
word: lātrātus
lang: Macedonian
word: лаеж
roman: laež
lang: Maguindanao
word: gebu
lang: Malay
word: salak
lang: Malay
word: salakan
lang: Malay
word: gonggongan
lang: Malay
word: kongkong
lang: Malay
word: kung-kung
lang: Māori
word: auau
lang: Maranao
word: gebo
lang: Norwegian
word: bjeff
lang: Ojibwe
word: migiwin
lang: Old English
word: ġebeorc
lang: Persian
word: لایش
roman: lâyeš
lang: Persian
word: پارس
roman: pârs
lang: Polish
word: szczekanie
lang: Portuguese
word: latido
lang: Romanian
word: lătrat
lang: Russian
word: лай
roman: laj
lang: Northern Sami
word: ciellan
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: comhart
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ла́веж
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: lávež
lang: Slovak
word: štekot
lang: Slovene
word: lajež
lang: Spanish
word: ladrido
lang: Swedish
word: skall
lang: Tagalog
word: kahol
lang: Tagalog
word: tahol
lang: Turkish
word: hav
lang: Turkish
word: havlama
lang: Ukrainian
word: гавкіт
roman: havkit
lang: Ukrainian
word: брехня́
roman: brexnjá
lang: Volapük
word: vaul
lang: Volapük
word: vaulam
lang: Welsh
word: cyfarthiad
lang: Welsh
word: cyfarth
lang: Zazaki
word: lawış