to bark
- verb
- /bɑrk/
- - What are you barking at out there?
And his theory was I'm going to bark, Sammy's going to bite.
- And his theory was I'm going to bark, Sammy's going to bite.
- I have not felt silenced in my career because I just bark back.
- And so there's an idea and a misconception that the leader is going to stand up and bark all the orders.
Examples
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I have not felt silenced in my career because I just bark back.
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If you’re asking my advice, I think that you are barking mad.
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I think he was barking at me.
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Now he is barking at everybody and he is pulling at the lead.
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If he barks, just bark back.
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You don't just fly in here and start barking orders.
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Porsche, what are you barking at, boy?
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So did Greyhorse, though he was barking orders to his trauma team the whole time.
Fiction book (1991) -
Jared turned and barked an order in guttural French to one of the sailors nearby.
Fiction book (1992) -
I often find myself having to bark at my dog to get him to stop misbehaving.
Synonyms
To speak very loudly to get attention or show strong feeling
To make a low, deep sound to warn or show anger
Shout loudly in a deep voice because you are angry or hurt
To say something in a very loud strong voice
To speak rudely and loudly to a person in charge
To say something in an angry, sharp voice
Scold someone angrily in front of others
Say something suddenly and sharply when angry or annoyed
To speak in a rough, low voice that sounds unfriendly
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
How Harsh
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bark (to speak sharply) comes from comparing a short, rough command to a dog's sharp noise, so to bark at someone is to speak in a quick, harsh way.