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Barking

//ˈbɑɹkɪŋ// adj, name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Clipping of barking mad. British, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang

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

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A town in the borough of Barking and Dagenham, in eastern Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4484).
  2. 2
    A village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM0753).
Noun
  1. 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
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of bark form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

Etymology 3

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

Etymology 4

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

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