Associations to the word «Hark»

Wiktionary

HARK, verb. To listen attentively; often used in the imperative.
HARK BACK, verb. (hunting) Of hounds, to retrace a course in order to pick up a lost scent.
HARK BACK, verb. (figuratively) (US) To return or revert (to a subject etc.), to allude to, to evoke, to long or pine for (a past event or era).

Dictionary definition

HARK, verb. Listen; used mostly in the imperative.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats