Barking

[bahr-king]

noun

1. a borough of Greater London, England.

barking

/ ˈbɑːkɪŋ /

adjective

1. mad; crazy

adverb

1. (intensifier)

   barking mad

Example Sentences

The perception of turmoil bleeds into reality, and suddenly, the kids won’t stop barking and the laundry is screaming.

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He contrasted himself with other candidates in the race by invoking a barking chihuahua behind a chain-link fence.

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Along the way, we get some classics, like the image of a burlesque dancer "glowing like the end of a cigarette"; or comparing a critic's barbs to "a toy chihuahua barking from a tiny purse".

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For some people they can conjure up images of authoritarian states like Germany in the 1930s, and men in jackboots barking "May we see your papers please?"

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“So everybody’s kind of just listening to him and giving a lot of advice and things like that, but we’re all yelling and barking right now. We’re just trying to get things the way we need to get them.”

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Related Words

• clamor 
• cry 
• growl 
• grumble 
• mutter 
• roar 
• snarl 
• yell