A surname. / Misspelling of Berks.

plural of bark

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bark

(British slang) Clipping of barking mad.

The action of the verb to bark.

present participle of bark

(countable, uncountable) The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree. / (medicine) Peruvian bark or Jesuit's bark, the bark of the cinchona from which quinine is produced.

The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog, a fox, and some other animals. / (figuratively) An abrupt loud vocal utterance.

(obsolete) A small sailing vessel, e.g. a pinnace or a fishing smack; a rowing boat or barge. / (poetic) A sailing vessel or boat of any kind.

(intransitive) To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs). / (intransitive) To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries.