barking — ozdic

Collocations

5

ADJ.

all, toothless, wrong

VERB + BARKING

began, bone, hear, heard, kept, met, reach, set

BARKING + NOUN

', 'ruff-ruff-ruff-ruff, brian, distance, dog, dogs, night, strangers

PREP.

in, through, up

ADV.

always, seldom

Definitions

adj

1

Clipping of barking mad.

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

noun

1

The action of the verb to bark.

Old pigtailed seamen would tell of horseshoes found in the meat casks; of curious barkings and neighings heard in the slaughter-houses; and of negroes who disappeared near the victualling yards, to be seen no more.

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).

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Idioms & Phrases

barking dogs seldom bite

People who make threats rarely carry them out.

barking dogs never bite

Alternative form of barking dogs seldom bite.

a barking dog never bites

Alternative form of barking dogs seldom bite.

a barking dog seldom bites

Alternative form of barking dogs seldom bite.

Example Bank

6

01

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

Wiktionary

02

Old pigtailed seamen would tell of horseshoes found in the meat casks; of curious barkings and neighings heard in the slaughter-houses; and of negroes who disappeared near the victualling yards, to be

Wiktionary

03

If we let our reasoning power be overshadowed by our emotions, we would be barking up the wrong tree all the time.

Tatoeba · #21045

04

I'm not a toothless barking dog.

Tatoeba · #22603

05

I heard a dog barking in the distance.

Tatoeba · #25860

06

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Tatoeba · #29918

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, barking is marked as slang, British. Watch for register when choosing this word.