present participle of bark

(British slang) Clipping of barking mad.

The action of the verb to bark.

A town in the borough of Barking and Dagenham, in eastern Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4484). / A village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM0753).

plural of barking

(intransitive) To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs). / (intransitive) To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries.

The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog, a fox, and some other animals. / (figuratively) An abrupt loud vocal utterance.

(countable, uncountable) The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree. / (medicine) Peruvian bark or Jesuit's bark, the bark of the cinchona from which quinine is produced.

To strip the bark from; to peel. / To abrade or rub off any outer covering from. / To girdle. / To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark.

(obsolete) A small sailing vessel, e.g. a pinnace or a fishing smack; a rowing boat or barge. / (poetic) A sailing vessel or boat of any kind.