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    Barking
    noun
    a borough of Greater London, England.
  • barking
    barking
    adjective
    mad; crazy
Synonyms

Barking

American  
[bahr-king] / ˈbɑr kɪŋ /

noun

  1. a borough of Greater London, England.


barking British  
/ ˈbɑːkɪŋ /

adjective

  1. mad; crazy

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adverb

  1. (intensifier)

    barking mad

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

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Brian Kalemba, 23, from Barking in London, was found not guilty of being part of an organised crime gang.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

Southern trains are not running between Clapham Junction and Watford Junction until further notice and London Overground services between Richmond/Clapham Junction and Stratford and from Gospel Oak to Barking may also be affected.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026

Try five questions from The Barking Dog's pub quizzes in recent weeks.

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2025

Rob Hardie, co-director of the Barking Dog, says the cheating team was often getting the answers "pretty much 100% correct, which no one really does so it was a tell-tale sign that something was amiss".

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2025

Barking like a baboon, she ran off into the forest.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

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