bark

/ˈbärk/

Middle English berken, from Old English beorcan; akin to Old Norse berkja to bark, Lithuanian burgėti to growl

verb

  1. to make the characteristic short loud cry of a dog

  2. to make a noise resembling a bark

  3. to speak in a curt loud and usually angry tone : snap

noun

  1. the sound made by a barking dog

  2. a similar sound

  3. a short sharp peremptory tone of speech or utterance

noun

  1. the tough exterior covering of a woody root or stem; specifically : the tissues outside the cambium that include an inner layer especially of secondary phloem and an outer layer of periderm

  2. cinchona

  3. a candy containing chocolate and nuts that is made in a sheet and broken into pieces