hark (redirected from harking)

hark  (härk)

intr.v. harked, hark·ing, harks

To listen attentively.

Idiom:

hark back

To return to a previous point, as in a narrative.

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[Middle English harken, herken, from Old English *heorcian.]

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hark [hɑːk]

vb

(intr; usually imperative) to listen; pay attention

[Old English heorcnian to hearken; related to Old Frisian herkia, Old High German hōrechen; see hear]

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

hark - listen; used mostly in the imperative harken, hearken listen - hear with intention; "Listen to the sound of this cello"

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hark

verb (Old-fashioned) listen, attend, pay attention, hearken (archaic), give ear, hear, mark, notice, give heed Hark. I hear the returning footsteps of my love.

hark back to something

1. recall, recollect, call to mind, cause you to remember, cause you to recollect pitched roofs, which hark back to the Victorian era

2. return to, remember, recall, revert to, look back to, think back to, recollect, regress to The result devastated me at the time. Even now I hark back to it.

Translations

hark [hɑːk] VI hark! (poet) → ¡escucha!
hark at him! → ¡qué cosas dice!, ¡quién fue a hablar!
hark at him singing! → ¡cómo canta!
to hark to → escuchar

hark back to VI + PREP (= return to) → volver a; (= recall) → recordar
he's always harking back to that → siempre está con la misma canción

hark

vi to hark to something (liter) → einer Sache (dat) → lauschen (liter); hark! (liter) → horch(t)! (liter), → höret!; hark at him! (inf) → hör ihn dir nur an!, hör sich einer den an! (inf)

hark [hɑːk] vi hark! (liter) → udite!
hark at him! (fam) → ma sentilo!

hark back vi + prep to hark back to (former days) → rievocare; (earlier occasion) → ritornare a or su