bark

1. (v) (intransitive) To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs). 2. (v) (intransitive) To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries. 3. (v) (transitive) To speak sharply. 4. (n) The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog, a fox, and some other animals. 5. (n) (figuratively) An abrupt loud vocal utterance. 6. (n) (music) The quick opening of the hi-hat cymbal as it is hit, followed by its timely closing. 7. (n) (countable, uncountable) The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree. 8. (n) (medicine) Peruvian bark or Jesuit's bark, the bark of the cinchona from which quinine is produced. 9. (n) Hard candy made in flat sheets, for instance out of chocolate, peanut butter, toffee or peppermint. 10. (n) The crust formed on barbecued meat that has had a rub applied to it. 11. (n) The envelopment or outer covering of anything. 12. (v) To strip the bark from; to peel. 13. (v) To abrade or rub off any outer covering from. 14. (v) To girdle. 15. (v) To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark. 16. (n) (poetic) A sailing vessel or boat of any kind. 17. (n) (nautical) A vessel, typically with three (or more) masts, with the foremasts (or fore- and mainmasts) square-rigged, and mizzenmast schooner-rigged. 18. (n) (obsolete) A small sailing vessel, e.g. a pinnace or a fishing smack; a rowing boat or barge. 19. (n) (slang, obsolete) An Irish person. 20. (n) A surname.