bark
/bɑɹk/ noun C2- The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog, a fox, and some other animals.
- An abrupt loud vocal utterance.
- The quick opening of the hi-hat cymbal as it is hit, followed by its timely closing.
- (video games) A short, repeatable, and unobtrusive voiceline spoken by an NPC.
Plural barks
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Toto ran over to the trees and began to bark at the birds sitting there.
These sounds made the little girl’s heart beat fast, for she did not know what made them; but Toto knew, and he walked close to Dorothy’s side, and did not even bark in return.
And then they scampered in all directions, for Toto had awakened from his sleep, and seeing all these mice around him he gave one bark of delight and jumped right into the middle of the group.
One by one the mice came creeping back, and Toto did not bark again, although he tried to get out of the Woodman’s arms, and would have bitten him had he not known very well he was made of tin.
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