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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
/ ɑː /
verb
(intr; usually imperative) to listen; pay attention
Other Word Forms
- unharked adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of hark1
Example Sentences
There was no trace of the ideologue as she harked back to the origins of “John Proctor Is the Villain.”
People loved the vintage look of the pink toilets, which hark back to a time when bathrooms — whole houses, really — weren’t quite so bland and boring.
He harks back to Verdi and the late 19th century but with his own unexpected turns of phrase.
The black-and-white “Burt” is an earnest, stripped-down dramedy, filled with sly humor and surprising twists that harks to classic indie films of the early ’90s in its raw, low-key elegance.
When built, it was intended as a "hark back to the history of bathing machines in Margate", which were used frequently in the town during Victorian times.
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