how to pronounce barking

/ˈbɑːɹkɪŋ/

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barking is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of barking in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… change in their bark or barking more …”

meanings of barking

adjective:

Clipping of barking mad.
Who or that barks or bark.

name:

A village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM0753).
A town in Barking and Dagenham borough, in eastern Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4484).

verb:

Present participle of bark.

noun:

The action of the verb to bark.

barking frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word barking occurs in english on average 5.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.