▸ verb: (intransitive) To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs). ▸ verb: (intransitive) To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries. ▸ verb: (transitive) To speak sharply. ▸ noun: The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog, a fox, and some other animals. ▸ noun: (figuratively) An abrupt loud vocal utterance. ▸ noun: (music) The quick opening of the hi-hat cymbal as it is hit, followed by its timely closing. ▸ noun: (countable, uncountable) The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree. ▸ noun: (medicine) Peruvian bark or Jesuit's bark, the bark of the cinchona from which quinine is produced. ▸ noun: Hard candy made in flat sheets, for instance out of chocolate, peanut butter, toffee or peppermint. ▸ noun: The crust formed on barbecued meat that has had a rub applied to it. ▸ noun: The envelopment or outer covering of anything. ▸ verb: To strip the bark from; to peel. ▸ verb: To abrade or rub off any outer covering from. ▸ verb: To girdle. ▸ verb: To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark. ▸ noun: (obsolete) A small sailing vessel, e.g. a pinnace or a fishing smack; a rowing boat or barge. ▸ noun: (poetic) A sailing vessel or boat of any kind. ▸ noun: (nautical) A vessel, typically with three (or more) masts, with the foremasts (or fore- and mainmasts) square-rigged, and mizzenmast schooner-rigged. ▸ noun: (slang, obsolete) An Irish person.
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