hark
VerbUS[hahrk]/hɑrk/1 syllable
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Hark (härk), intransitive verb
Origin: OE. herken. See Hearken.
To listen; to hearken. Now rare, except in the imperative form used as an interjection, Hark! listen.
Hark away! Hark back! Hark forward! Sports, cries used to incite and guide hounds in hunting. — To hark back, to go back for a fresh start, as when one has wandered from his direct course, or made a digression.
He must have overshot the mark, and must hark back.— Haggard.
He harked back to the subject.— W. E. Norris
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54