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Vinony

barking

noun

  1. vocalize like a dog
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈbɑɹkɪŋ/ / /ˈbɑːkɪŋ/ / /ˈbɑː(ɹ)kɪŋ(ɡ)/

adj

Etymology: From Middle English berkyng, berkande, equivalent to bark + -ing.

  1. Clipping of barking mad.

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

name

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

  1. 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).

noun

Etymology: From Middle English berkyng, berking, berkynge, equivalent to bark + -ing.

  1. 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.”

verb

Etymology: From Middle English berkyng, berkande, equivalent to bark + -ing.

  1. present participle and gerund of bark