barking

About 1.80 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of bark
2. adjective Clipping of barking mad.

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

3. noun The action of the verb to bark.

Similar words

skin barque latrant wow yapping howling yelping growling woofing baying

Often followed by

of and at dogs dog in up orders deer

Word family

bark barked barks