Meanings
harking1
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of hark
nounharking (plural harkings)
plural harkings
- The act of harking back; a reversion or return.
Despite such harkings to the Old Muscovite past, the trappings of European life inevitably followed once the Russians began to live in European settings.
1998, W. Bruce Lincoln, Between Heaven and Hell
HARKing2
nounHARKing (uncountable)
- abbreviationuncountableAbbreviation of hypothesizing after results are known
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harking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/harking
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