barking
nounUS /ˈbɑɹkɪŋ/ · UK /ˈbɑːkɪŋ/
Etymology From Middle English berkyng, berking, berkynge, equivalent to bark + -ing.
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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.1905, John Masefield, Sea Life in Nelson's Time: