hark

Universal Words verb [V] (old use) used only as an order to tell sb to listen: Hark! I hear a step on the stair! PHRASALVERBS hark at sb (BrE, spoken) used only as an order to draw attention to sb who has just said sth stupid or who is showing too much pride: Just hark at him! Who does he think he is? hark back (to sth) 1 to remember or talk about sth that happened in the past: She's always harking back to how things used to be. 2 to remind you of, or to be like, sth in the past: The newest styles hark back to the clothes of the Seventies.