as in to snarl
to speak sharply or irritably
the new supervisor found that speaking to people with a civil tongue got better results than barking at them
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as in ship
a boat equipped with one or more sails
took a small bark out on the lake
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Recent Examples of bark
Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 11 Sep. 2025
Jefferson was not barking at McCarthy or the coaching staff or anyone.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Greg Sullivan, AFAR Media, 15 Sep. 2025
Simba, a goldendoodle, and Rafiki, a labradoodle — yelp and bark.
—John Blake, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
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Verb
Dogs can bark, but robots can talk back Even the most advanced quadruped robot on the market today can’t match a real dog’s innate sense of smell or its highly developed navigational instincts.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 11 Sep. 2025
Jefferson was not barking at McCarthy or the coaching staff or anyone.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
Redwood bark is thick and heavily resistant to fire; even when fire gets beyond the bark to the trunk, a redwood can survive and grow around a scar.
—Greg Sullivan, AFAR Media, 15 Sep. 2025
Simba, a goldendoodle, and Rafiki, a labradoodle — yelp and bark.
—John Blake, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bark
Noun
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The Maritime Festival, with its ship battles, pirate village and breakfasts with mermaids, routinely draws thousands to Dana Point Harbor.—
Erika I. Ritchie,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
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Last month, a Chinese navy ship collided with a Chinese Coast Guard ship while trying to block a Philippine Coast Guard vessel near the Scarborough Shoal.—
Mike Brest,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In another sign that Wisconsin maritime historians are in a golden period of discovery, a wooden schooner hidden beneath the depths of Lake Michigan for nearly 140 years has been found — with citizen scientists on board to share the excitement.—
Caitlin Looby,
jsonline.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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In 1921, the schooner Rosa Belle left Milwaukee heading for Chicago with 11 passengers.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Ali reignited the discussion on Monday at a ceremony in Jakarta that marked the handover of a new frigate.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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Thales has completed Factory Acceptance Tests (FATs) for both the Mission System and the Combat System on the Royal Navy’s new Type 31 Inspiration-class frigates.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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From Ocean Swell to Living-Room Calm Industrial designer Roey Pan sketched the first arc aboard a 27-ft sloop, tracing the way a mainsail breathes with the wind.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
23 Aug. 2025
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An avuncular figure in his 70s with the physique of a man who has enjoyed life, Pier Luigi fell in love with sailing in his late teens, when a family friend took him for a cruise in a sloop.—
Paul Croughton,
Robb Report,
10 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Well, the star decided to go topless, for the clip, filmed on a yacht in the middle of the ocean.—
Clare Fisher,
PEOPLE,
17 Sep. 2025
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Think Bella Hadid resting on a yacht.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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That was enough to buy him a space on a derelict dinghy, with some 70 others, hoping soon to see England’s white cliffs.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
22 Aug. 2025
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The outlet reported a rescue boat was deployed to help the man, who was pulled from the sea onto a dinghy, but did not survive.—
Colson Thayer,
People.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Bark.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bark. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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