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harks

harks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hark.

Meaning of hark

Verb

hark (third-person singular simple present harks, present participle harking, simple past and past participle harked)

  1. (archaic, imperative, often) To listen attentively.
    • But harke, I heare the footing of a man.c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

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Phrases with harks

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What is harks the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Harks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hark.

Words near harks in the dictionary

  1. Harkis
  2. Harkle
  3. Harkleroad
  4. Harkleroads
  5. Harkness
  6. harks
  7. harks back
  8. harkye
  9. harl
  10. Harlacher
  11. Harlachers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: harks (page history and authors); hark (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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