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outbark

outbark verb: to surpass in barking.

Verb

outbark (third-person singular simple present outbarks, present participle outbarking, simple past and past participle outbarked)

  1. (transitive) To surpass in barking.
    • two dogs trying to outbark each other

Forms of outbark

third-person singular presentoutbarks
present participleoutbarking
past participleoutbarked
pastoutbarked

Origin of outbark

From out- + bark.

Questions about outbark

What does outbark mean?
Outbark means to surpass in barking.
What part of speech is outbark?
Outbark is a verb.
What is the past tense of outbark?
The past tense of outbark is outbarked.

Words near outbark in the dictionary

  1. outbar
  2. outbargain
  3. outbargained
  4. outbargaining
  5. outbargains
  6. outbark
  7. outbarked
  8. outbarking
  9. outbarks
  10. outbarred
  11. outbarring

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