hark

Hark is defined as to listen carefully.

(verb)

An example of hark is having everyone be quiet so you can try to hear a noise.

See hark in Webster's New World College Dictionary

intransitive verb

Now Chiefly Literary to listen carefully: usually in the imperative, with the effect of an exclamation

Origin: ME herkien (akin to Ger horchen) < ? OE *heorcian or < OE heorcnian: see hearken

transitive verb

Archaic to listen to; hear

See hark in American Heritage Dictionary 4

intransitive verb harked, hark·ing, harks

To listen attentively.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English harken, herken

Origin: , from Old English *heorcian

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