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Definition of "harking" []

  • Present participle of hark. (verb)

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Use "harking" in a sentence
  • "Megabuck luminaries like Ross Perot are called professional “angels,” and independently wealthy founders of start-ups are angels dubbed “49ers”—a term harking back to the gold rush successes in California in the 1849 era."
  • "In defence I suppose this problem has not been a fairly new one but is more long term harking back to the 90s if not before."
  • "To do that takes time, and time is not a luxury available at this moment, about a week after the incident that seems to have destroyed the SSGN Kursk, a proud name harking back to the most decisive land battle of World War II. What is an SSGN?"