Barking

[bahr-king]

noun

1. a borough of Greater London, England.

barking

/ ˈbɑːkɪŋ /

adjective

1. mad; crazy

adverb

1. (intensifier)

   barking mad

Example Sentences

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?"

From BBC

“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.”

From Los Angeles Times

County’s watchdogs suddenly need to ask permission before barking to the press and public.

From Los Angeles Times

One of the great pop-idol freak-outs, 1980’s “Wasp” found Cassidy alternately crooning, yowling and barking his way through new-wave-y covers of tunes by the likes of David Bowie, the Who and Talking Heads while backed by members of Rundgren’s group Utopia.

From Los Angeles Times

I’d watch Qualley stride around barking at people for twice as long and her supporting cast, which includes Aubrey Plaza as Honey’s latest lover and Chris Evans as an oily pastor, is delivering at top level, i.e.,

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

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