English Explanatory Dictionary

barking

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. present participle and gerund of bark
adj
  1. Clipping of barking mad.
noun
  1. The action of the verb to bark.
name
  1. A town in the borough of Barking and Dagenham, in eastern Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4484).
  2. A village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM0753).

Pronunciation

/ˈbɑɹkɪŋ/ /ˈbɑːkɪŋ/ en-us-barking.ogg /ˈbɑː(ɹ)kɪŋ(ɡ)/

Word forms

barking more barking most barking barkings

Etymology

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

Synonyms

latrant three stops short of Dagenham 5150 bananas barking barking mad buggish buggy bughouse barmy batchy batpoop bats batty bonkers bread baskets cracked crackers cra-cra cray cray-cray crazed crazy crazy as a bedbug crazy as a cootie crazy as a cootie bug crazy as a pet coon cuckoo daffy daft demented deranged distraught disturbed doolally dotty eccentric fruit loops gaga hatstand harebrained insane kooky loon loco loony loony tunes loopy lunatic mad mental mentally ill meshigener meshugge moonsick nerts non compos mentis nonsane nucking futs nut job

Derived words

barking dogs seldom bite barkingly nonbarking Barking and Dagenham Barking Creek Barking Riverside Barkingside
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