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
Kelli Bender, People.com, 2 Apr. 2025
The song entranced a crowd of eclipse chasers while the birds flocked and some passing dogs barked.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Angela Haupt, Time, 7 Apr. 2025
This natural mask is powered by salicylic acid precursor willow bark extract, which works with AHAs glycolic and lactic acids to gently slough away dead skin and decongest pores to give skin a glow.
—Emily Orofino, Vogue, 2 Apr. 2025
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Verb
The humpback whale ends up within a few feet of the dog, who continues to bark excitedly at the massive marine mammal.
—Kelli Bender, People.com, 2 Apr. 2025
The song entranced a crowd of eclipse chasers while the birds flocked and some passing dogs barked.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Noun
Every part of the pong pong tree is poisonous, but the leaves and barks aren’t as potent as the seeds.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 7 Apr. 2025
This natural mask is powered by salicylic acid precursor willow bark extract, which works with AHAs glycolic and lactic acids to gently slough away dead skin and decongest pores to give skin a glow.
—Emily Orofino, Vogue, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bark
Noun
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The ship's staff was highly trained and experienced.—
Gillian Telling,
People.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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An emergency on their ship sends them scrambling, and when their crewmate (Finn Cole) gets trapped on the seabed with only five minutes of oxygen in his tank, the two divers have to get creative – and fast – to save him.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Help hoist the sails of the Schooner Freedom, a massive topsail schooner captained by John and Sarah Zaruba.—
Kara Franker,
Southern Living,
13 Apr. 2025
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Renamed Magic Circle, Guthrie’s schooner became a lowly minesweeper along the Scottish coast.—
Tristan Rutherford,
Robb Report,
3 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Two of vessels, a frigate and a supply ship, conducted training in the area earlier this month, the Chinese military said on Wednesday.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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The Chinese frigate attempted to get closer to the waters, where the warships and aircraft from the three allied countries were undertaking maneuvers off the Scarborough Shoal, but it was warned by a Philippine frigate by radio and kept away.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In the Caribbean, wandering yachtsmen on sloops and catamarans know these masts well.—
Joe Sills,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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To ensure Blackbeard was neutralized, Spotswood gave Robert Maynard, an officer in the Royal Navy, control of 60 men and two sloops—small sailboats that lacked cannons but could pursue Blackbeard in the narrow inlets and shallows of the coast.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
22 Nov. 2024
Noun
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Nobody would have expected Donald Trump – the guy gracing tabloids for yacht parties and messy divorces – to ever, in a million years, become the face of the movement.—
Rachel Marsden,
Hartford Courant,
26 Apr. 2025
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The complaint detailed the October 2019 meeting on a yacht in Doha, Qatar, between McKillen and Hamad bin Khalifa to discuss the opportunity for the royal family to acquire the California hotel, then known as the Montage Beverly Hills.—
Brittny Mejia,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The boys board a rescue boat and pull five souls off the Flicka’s rescue dinghy, all while sharks circle and buck.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
2 Apr. 2025
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In one of the most memorable finale scenes, Tanya kills everyone on the yacht and then falls to her death trying to get on a dinghy.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA TODAY,
9 Mar. 2025
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“Bark.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bark. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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