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
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