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hark
[ hahrk ]
verb (used without object)
- to listen attentively; hearken.
verb (used with object)
- Archaic. to listen to; hear.
noun
- a hunter's shout to hounds, as to encourage them in following the scent.
verb phrase
- (of hounds) to return along the course in order to regain a lost scent.
- to return to a previous subject or point; revert:
He kept harking back to his early days in vaudeville.
hark
/ hɑːk /
verb
- intr; usually imperative to listen; pay attention
Other Words From
- un·harked adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of hark1
Example Sentences
Hark back to the Buffett Rule, another prime slice of collective madness orchestrated by the power elite.
Right-wing attacks on Planned Parenthood hark back to the days of McCarthy, says Democratic political strategist Donna Brazile.
Why do you think you decided to hark back to your high school days for this particular record?
In their videos, however, their influences hark back to a much darker place.
Mr. Figgins did hark, and an awful sound reached him from behind the curtain.
Riach cried; and then to me: “Hark ye, David,” he said, “do ye ken where the pistols are?”
Hark here, sir; Captain Bruton talks of a peaceful settlement of this difficulty.
Even is come; and from the dark Park, hark, The signal of the setting sun—one gun!
Hark thee, friend; do thou and the young woman follow Empson where he will conduct thee.
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