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barking

Bar·king
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [bahr-king]
    • /ˈbɑr kɪŋ/
    • /bɑːk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bahr-king]
    • /ˈbɑr kɪŋ/

Definitions of barking word

  • adjective barking mad; crazy 3
  • adverb barking (intensifier) 3
  • noun barking former municipal borough of SE England: now, with Dagenham, constituting a borough (Barking and Dagenham) of Greater London: pop. 144,000 3
  • noun barking the external covering of the woody stems, branches, and roots of plants, as distinct and separable from the wood itself. 1
  • noun barking Tanning. a mixture of oak and hemlock barks. 1
  • noun barking candy, usually of chocolate with large pieces of nuts, made in flat sheets. 1

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Origin of barking

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English berken, Old English beorcan; akin to Old English borcian to bark, Old Norse berkja to bluster, Lithuanian burgė́ti to growl, quarrel, Serbo-Croatian br̀gljati to murmur

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Parts of speech for Barking

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

barking popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 80% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

barking usage trend in Literature

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