Collocations for "barking"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "barking" in context.
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bark
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a dog's bark
- a [terrifying, cute, squeaky] bark
- heard a bark inside (the house)
- heard the sound of a bark (coming from)
- He is all bark and no bite.
- His bark is worse than his bite.
- the bark of [machine guns, a cough attack]
- [thick, tough, rough, smooth] tree bark
- a tree's bark
- the bark on the tree
- peel the bark off the tree
- The bark is peeling off the tree.
- their [initials, names] carved into the bark
- carved their [initials] into the bark
- [determine, tell] the age from the bark
- the [canoe, doll, dwelling] is made from birch bark
- ate [almond, apricot] bark for dessert
- helped himself to another piece of [almond] bark
- [could hear, heard] a dog barking
- bark [loudly, aggressively]
- the dog barked at [the car, her, the mailman]
- the dog was barking at [the car]
- barking orders at [him, the employees]
- barked out [an order, a request]
- idiom: barking up the wrong tree
'barking' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):