the making of a sharp explosive cry by a dog, fox, or seal

the distant barking of a dog became audible

today I woke up to the barking of seals in the distance

the abrupt or aggressive utterance of a command or question

his non-stop barking of orders

the raucous barking of impatient sergeants

(of a dog, fox, or seal) making a sharp explosive cry

a barking dog woke us

lacking reason or common sense; very foolish or irrational

the move has been condemned as completely barking

you'd be barking mad to miss it

(of a dog, fox, or seal) give a bark

a dog barked at her

utter (a command or question) abruptly or aggressively

he began barking out his orders

‘Nobody is allowed up here,’ he barked

strip the bark from (a tree or piece of wood)

they had to be barked by hand, you couldn't peel them the way you can newly cut wood

tan or dye (leather or other materials) using the tannins found in bark