[U,C]
1 the outer covering of a tree
2 the short loud sound made by dogs and some other animals
3 a short loud sound made by a gun or a voice:
a bark of laughter
IDIOMS
sb's bark is worse than their bite (informal) used to say that sb is not really as angry or as fierce as they sound
Part of speech: verb
1 [V] ~ (at sb/sth) when a dog barks, it makes a short loud sound:
The dog suddenly started barking at us.
2 ~ (out) sth to give orders, ask questions, etc. in a loud, unfriendly way:
[VN] She barked out an order. * He barked questions at her. [also Vspeech]
3 (especially BrE) to rub the skin off your knee, etc. by falling or by knocking against sth
SYNGRAZE:
I barked my shins when I fell on the steps.
IDIOMS
be barking up the wrong tree (informal) to have the wrong idea about how to get or achieve sth:
You're barking up the wrong tree if you're expecting us to lend you any money.
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