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Definition: Hark |
HarkVerb1. Listen; used mostly in the imperative. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "hark" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Etymology: Hark \Hark\, intransitive verb. [from Old English expression herken. See Hearken.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: HarkSynonyms: harken (v), hearken (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Attention | Interjection: see! look, look here, look you, look to it! mark! lo! behold! soho! hark, hark ye! mind! halloo! observe! lo and behold! attention! nota bene, "N.B.", note well; I'd have you to know; notice! O yes! Oyez! dekko! ecco! yoho! |
Regression | Verb: recede, regrade, return, revert, retreat, retire; retrograde, retrocede; back out; back down; balk; crawfish, crawl; withdraw; rebound; go back, come back, turn back, hark back, draw back, fall back, get back, put back, run back; lose ground; fall astern, drop astern; backwater, put about; backtrack, take the back track; veer round; double, wheel, countermarch; ebb, regurgitate; jib, shrink, shy. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Hark |
| English words defined with "hark": hark back ♦ To hark back. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "hark": Alpleich ♦ Beans ♦ CANDLESTICKS ♦ FIRING A GUN ♦ Rags and Jags ♦ SH-T-NG THROUGH THE TEETH. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Hark" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Albanian (arc, arch, bow, cantilever, crossbow, span), Dutch (rake). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | Hark, now hear the angels sing, a king was born today, ("Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord"; performing artist: Boney M) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Hark at Barker (1969) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | [Drum afar off] Hark! I hear their drum. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Hark" is generally used as a lexical verb (base form) -- approximately 63.27% of the time. "Hark" is used about 49 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 63.27% | 31 | 62,296 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 18.37% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Noun (singular) | 12.24% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Noun (proper) | 6.12% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 49 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "hark" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Hark | Last name | 170 | 43,554 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "hark": Hark away ♦ hark away! ♦ hark back ♦ hark back to ♦ hark back to smth. ♦ hark back! ♦ Hark forward ♦ To hark back. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
hark the herald | 57 |
hark | 30 |
tsui hark | 14 |
hark hunter tsui vampire | 11 |
hark how the bell | 7 |
hark herald.com | 6 |
hark harold | 6 |
hark tom | 5 |
hark hearld | 5 |
hark the herald angel sing | 4 |
hark how all the welkin ring | 4 |
hark herald provo | 3 |
hark tony | 2 |
hark tsui vampire | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "hark"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | dëgjoj (auscultate, hear, listen, reach smb.'s ears). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | نصت (listen), صاخ, أصغى (attend, hear, hearken, listen, listen to smb., monitor, pay attention, prick up one's ears, strain). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | слушам (attend, hear, listen, listen to, obey, pay attention), ослушвам се (listen). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 听 (listen, Listened, listening), 傾聽 (listen). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | naslouchat (hearken). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | نجواکردن(انگلیس), تعلیم ازراه گوش دادن , استماع کردن (Hear, Hearken, Listen). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | écouter (harl). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | horchen (eavesdrop, harken, hearken, listen, listen to). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | άκουσον (say), άκου (hist), ακροώμαι (list, listen). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ל"קשיב (attend, hear, listen, monitor, pay attention). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | hallgatózik (to eavesdrop, to hearken), figyel (attend, listen, reck, to be all there, to be on the qui vive, to hearken, to listen, to monitor, to observe, to regard, to ride herd, to screw, watch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | mendengarkan (hearken, heeg, listen to, pay attention to). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | ascoltare (attend, harken, hear, hearken, listen, listen to, pay attention). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | Hulloa! (Hark away!). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | arkhay haraquiri (harangue), escutar (attend, audition, harken, hear, hearken, listen). (various references) sst! ascultã, merge (act, draw, drive, fir, foot, function, get, go, hedge, hit, leg it, make, move, operate, pace, pass, repair, ride, roll, run, stand, step, travel, work), ciuli urechea, asculta la. (various references) слушать (harken, hear, hearken, listen, listen in, listen to, listened). (various references) traži, slušati (harken, hearken, listen, obey). (various references) oye (heigh, here, look here), escuchar con atención, escucha (chaperon, listen, listen-in, listening, listening in, listening-in, monitor, monitoring, radio watch, scout, tap, watch). (various references) lyssna (hearken, listen, listening). (various references) kulak vermek (attend, harken, hear, hearken, heed, lend an ear, lend one's ear, listen carefully, mind, pay attention, take heed of), dinlemek (attend, follow, harken, hear, hearken, lend an ear, lend one's ear, listen, listen to, obey). (various references) увага (attention, count, diligence, heed, mind your eye, nix, note, notice, off, regard, respect), слухати (harken, hearken, listen), слухай, тс (mum), прислухатися (attend). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "hark": harked, harken, harkened, harkener, harkeners, harkening, harkens, harking, harks. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "hark": antishark, chark, futhark, shark. (additional references) | |
Words containing "hark": charka, charkas, charked, charkha, charkhas, charking, charks, futharks, sharked, sharker, sharkers, sharking, sharklike, sharks, sharkskin, sharkskins. (additional references) | |
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"Hark" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ahr, gark, Hafr, hak, har, hara, Harb, harc, harch, harf, harg, hari, Harkavy, harke, Harkhuf, Harki, Harn, haro, harr, harsk, haru, harv, harx, harz, hauk, Hazri, heark, herc, herk, hirk, hiroki, Horak, horc, Horik, hork, hra, hurk, Hurke, Hurok, Huruk, hvar, Kharkuk, Lharc, pharuk, uark, Vark. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "hark" (pronounced hÄ"rk) |
| 3 | -Ä" r k | arc, ark, bark, dark, demark, disembark, embark, lark, Marc, Mark, marque, Narc, Park, quark, remark, Sark, shark, spark, stark. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-h-k-r" | |
-1 letter: ark, rah. | |
-2 letters: ah, ar, ha, ka. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-h-k-r" | |
+1 letter: chark, harks, shark. | |
+2 letters: chakra, charka, charks, chukar, hacker, hanker, harked, harken, hawker, kasher, rakish, shaker, sharks, shikar, shrank. | |
+3 letters: chakras, charkas, charked, charkha, chukars, chukkar, darkish, dorhawk, futhark, hackers, hackler, hankers, harkens, harking, hatrack, hauberk, hawkers, hayfork, hayrack, hayrick, hearken, hektare, kashers, kashmir, kashrut, khaddar, khirkah, kithara, kurbash, larkish, lashkar, markhor, rankish, ricksha, rikisha, rikshaw, shakers, shakier, sharked, sharker, shikari, shikars, thanker, whacker. | |
+4 letters: aircheck, archduke, backrush, boshvark, brackish, chalkier, charkhas, charking, charlock, chukkars, crankish, dakerhen, dorhawks, freakish, futharks, hacklers, hacklier, hackwork, hairlike, hairlock, hairwork, hallmark, handwork, hankered, hankerer, hardback, hardhack, hardtack, harelike, harkened, harkener, hatmaker, hatracks, hauberks, havocker, hayforks, haymaker, hayracks, hayricks, headwork, hearkens, hektares, hijacker, kashered, kashmirs, kashruth, kashruts, khaddars, khirkahs, kitharas, kohlrabi, kreplach, lashkars, lathwork, markhoor, markhors, prankish, rakehell, rakishly, rashlike, reaphook, redshank, rickshas, rickshaw, rikishas, rikshaws, shackler, shagbark, shamrock, sharkers, sharking, shikaree, shikaris, sparkish, thankers, thwacker, whackers, whackier, whitrack. | |
+5 letters: airchecks, antishark, archdukes, artichoke, astrakhan, benchmark, birthmark, boshvarks, brushback, charlocks, checkmark, chickaree, coachwork, cockroach, dakerhens, earthlike, earthwork, foreshank, hackamore, hackberry, hackworks, hairlocks, hairworks, hallmarks, handiwork, handworks, hankerers, hankering, hardbacks, hardhacks, hardtacks, harkeners, harkening, hatmakers, haversack, havockers, haymakers, headworks, hearkened, heartsick, hijackers, homemaker, horseback, jayhawker, kashering, kashruths, katharses, katharsis, kurbashed, kurbashes, kymograph, lakeshore, lathworks, marchlike, markhoors, mythmaker, packhorse, patchwork, preshrank, raincheck, rakehells, rakehelly, reaphooks, redshanks, rickshaws, rockshaft, shacklers, shagbarks, shamrocks, sharklike, sharkskin, sheldrake, shikarees, shikarred, shoemaker, shortcake, shrinkage, thornback, throwback, thwackers, touchmark, whitracks. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 61 72 6B |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).... .- .-. -.- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01100001 01110010 01101011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H a r k |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0061 0072 006B |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)42678477 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Names: Frequency | 9. Expressions 10. Expressions: Internet 11. Translations: Modern 12. Derivations | 13. Rhymes 14. Anagrams 15. Orthography 16. Bibliography |
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