ALL meanings of barking
Bar·king
B b - 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 Present participle of bark. 1
- noun barking dog's cry 1
- adjective barking insane, crazy 1
- 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
- verb without object barking (of a dog or other animal) to utter an abrupt, explosive cry or a series of such cries. 1
- verb without object barking to make a similar sound: The big guns barked. 1
- verb without object barking to speak or cry out sharply or gruffly: a man who barks at his children. 1
- verb without object barking Informal. to advertise a theater performance, carnival sideshow, or the like, by standing at the entrance and calling out to passersby. 1
- verb without object barking to cough. 1
- verb with object barking to rub off or scrape the skin of, as by bumping into something: to bark one's shins. 1
- verb with object barking to remove a circle of bark from; girdle. 1
- verb with object barking to cover, enclose, or encrust with or as if with bark. 1
- verb with object barking to treat with a bark infusion; tan. 1
- verb with object barking to strip the bark from; peel. 1
- idioms barking bark at the moon, to protest in vain: Telling her that she's misinformed is just barking at the moon. 1
- idioms barking bark up the wrong tree, to assail or pursue the wrong person or object; misdirect one's efforts: If he expects me to get him a job, he's barking up the wrong tree. 1
- noun barking The action of the verb to bark. 0
- adjective barking Who or that barks or bark. 0
- adjective barking (British slang) Short for barking mad. 0