hark: Meaning and Definition of

hark

1. to listen attentively; hearken.

1. to listen to; hear.
2. He kept harking back to his early days in vaudeville.
1. (of hounds) to return along the course in order to regain a lost scent.
2. to return to a previous subject or point; revert:He kept harking back to his early days in vaudeville.

1. a hunter's shout to hounds, as to encourage them in following the scent.