Hark
WordNet
verb
(1) Listen; used mostly in the imperative
WiktionaryText
Verb
- To listen attentively; often used in the imperative.
- 1906: O. Henry, The Four Million http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=/texts/english/modeng/publicsearch/modengpub.o2w&act=surround&offset=354518751&tag=Henry,+O.,+1862-1910:+The+four+million;,+1906&query=+harking&id=HenFour
- Loud voices and a renewed uproar were raised in front of the boarding-house..."'Tis Missis Murphy's voice," said Mrs. McCaskey, harking.
- 1959: Tom Lehrer, A Christmas Carol
- "Hark! The Herald Tribune sings, / Advertising wondrous things!"
- 1906: O. Henry, The Four Million http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=/texts/english/modeng/publicsearch/modengpub.o2w&act=surround&offset=354518751&tag=Henry,+O.,+1862-1910:+The+four+million;,+1906&query=+harking&id=HenFour