Definition of BARKING

barking

Plural: barkings

Verb

  • speak in an unfriendly tone
  • cover with bark
  • remove the bark of a tree
  • make barking sounds
  • tan (a skin) with bark tannins
  • present participle and gerund of bark

Adj

  • Clipping of barking mad.

Noun

  • The action of the verb to bark.

Examples

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

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English berkyng, berkande, equivalent to bark + -ing.

Synonyms

bark, skin, 5150, apeshit, bananas, barking, barking mad, barmy, bat-shit, batchy, batcrap, batpoop, bats, batshit, batty, bonkers, bread baskets, buggish, buggy, bughouse, cra-cra, cracked, crackers, cray, cray-cray, crazed, crazy, crazy as a bedbug, crazy as a cootie, crazy as a cootie bug, crazy as a pet coon, cuckoo, daffy, daft, demented, deranged, distraught, disturbed, doolally, dotty, eccentric, fruit loops, fucked in the head, fucked up, gaga, harebrained, hatstand, insane, kooky, latrant, latration, loco, loon, loony, loony tunes, loopy, lunatic, mad, mental, mentally ill, meshigener, meshugge, moonsick, non compos mentis, nonsane, nucking futs, nut, nut job, nutballs, nuts, nutso, nutter, nutty, off the beam, off the chain, over the edge, potty, psycho, psychoceramic, psychotic, ripshit, screwy, sicko, squirrelly, starkers, three stops short of Dagenham, tonto, unbalanced, unsane, wackadoodle, weird, whackjob, whacko, whacky, wode, yampy, zany

Scrabble Score: 14

barking: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
barking: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
barking: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

barking: valid Words With Friends Word