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barkings

barkings is the plural of barking.

Meaning of barking

Noun

barking (plural barkings)

  1. The action of the verb to bark.
    • Old pigtailed seamen would tell of horseshoes found in the meat casks; of curious barkings and neighings heard in the slaughter-houses; and of negroes who disappeared near the victualling yards, to be seen no more.1905, John Masefield, Sea Life in Nelson's Time
    Synonyms:
    latration

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Questions about barkings

What is barkings the plural of?
Barkings is the plural of barking.

Words near barkings in the dictionary

  1. barking spiders
  2. barking squirrel
  3. barking squirrels
  4. barking up the wrong tree
  5. barkingly
  6. barkings
  7. Barkingside
  8. Barkis is willin'
  9. Barkis is willing
  10. Barkisland
  11. barkitecture

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