to bark
- verb
- /bɑrk/
- What is that dog barking about?
- dogs bark
- hear a dog barking
Those dogs didn't just bark the house down, they barked the White House Down.
- Those dogs didn't just bark the house down, they barked the White House Down.
- The number of dogs that don't bark is like nothing we've ever seen.
- And then now to hear this dog barking, whimpering.
- He's not loud, he's not mean, he doesn't bark, he's just the sweetest thing.
- And there's a dog barking outside that's going to continue to bark.
- So what do we do in a world that believes that most barking dogs don't bite?
- And if it wasn't for my dog barking at them, the.
Examples
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Every day, the mailman comes, the dog barks, the mailman goes away.
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I rang the bell, and a dog barked and hurled itself against the door.
Fiction book (1991) -
- Maybe l should get him to bark like a dog or something.
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Maybe if we just start barking, a dog will come to us.
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My dog will bark at any passers-by
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The white dog was barking, barking, and running in excited circles around us.
Fiction book (1990) -
A Doberman on the other side started barking and jumping against the door.
Fiction book (1992) -
The dog stood spraddle-legged on the deck, barking with all its might at a man cowering in a corner.
Fiction book (1991) -
I heard Rusty barking.
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When he saw the stranger approaching, his dog began to bark loudly, warning him of potential danger.
Synonyms
To make a loud, harsh cry like a bird
To bark or howl loudly without stopping
To make short, high barks like a small dog
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- US
A light boat made from birch tree bark and used by Native people in North America
- Specialized
A small shrub with large pink sepals that people use as medicine for fever
- Indian
A tropical tree with smelly, poisonous bark and strong wood whose bark and seeds people use as medicine
- NSFW
A tropical American tree with rough, smelly poisonous outer layer and very hard wood used in traditional medicine
- Specialized
A spicy, fragrant inner bark from a small tropical tree used as a spice and medicine
- Archaic
Bark from a Colombian tree people used long ago to make medicine for malaria
- Specialized
A disease that kills American chestnut trees by making deep wounds in their bark
- Philippine
An evergreen tree from eastern Asia and the Philippines with large leathery leaves and small green white flower clusters
- Specialized
A fragrant bark from a small shrub used to make incense and health drinks
- Specialized
Bitter bark from a South American tree that flavors drinks and medicines
- US
A shrub or small tree that grows in southern US swamps whose bark is used to treat fever
- Archaic
Dried bark from a South American tree that contains quinine used to treat malaria
- Australian
Thin bark from the paper mulberry tree that people beat to make cloth in Polynesia
- Australian
A large Australian tree with a smooth pale trunk and light soft wood used for building
- Specialized
A small insect that makes holes in the bark of spruce trees and often kills them
- Specialized
A South American evergreen tree with aromatic bark used as a spice and medicine
- Specialized
A small group of mainly tropical shrubs and trees with scented bark
- Specialized
A South American evergreen tree with fragrant leaves, bark used as medicine, and soft light wood
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Etymology
Bark (verb) comes from the same idea of copying the dog's noise, so to bark is to make that loud, sharp sound like a dog.