bark
Meaning
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- To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs).
- To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries.
- To speak sharply.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/bɑːk/
Etymology
From Middle English barken, berken, borken, from Old English beorcan (“to bark”), from the Proto-West Germanic *berkan (“to bark”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerg- (“to make a noise, growl, bark”), from *bʰer- (“to drone, hum, buzz”). Cognate with Icelandic berkja (“to bark, bluster”), Icelandic barki (“throat, windpipe”), dialectal Lithuanian burgė́ti (“to growl, grumble, grouch, quarrel”), Serbo-Croatian brbljati (“to murmur”). For the noun, compare Old English beorc, bearce (“barking”). recorded barks (noun sense 1) of a dog .
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