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latrating

latrating is the present participle and gerund of latrate.

Adjective

latrating (not comparable)

  1. (rare) literally
    • I once saw a big dog plunging out furiously as a passing car, and, as I watched him, his gait looked peculiar. The reason for this eccentricity became clear when he returned from his latrating orgy: he had only three legs.circa 1928: Charles Hall Grandgent, Prunes and Prism: With Other Odds and Ends, page 145
  2. (rare) figuratively
    • That seems to be, nowadays, the barker’s pet name for his latrating art.1929, Charles Hall Grandgent, The New Word, page 90

Meaning of latrate

Verb

latrate (third-person singular simple present latrates, present participle latrating, simple past and past participle latrated)

  1. (rare) To bark; to make doglike noises.
    • Latrate, to barke like a dog.[1623, Henry Cockeram, The English Dictionarie Of 1623, New York: Huntington Press, published 1930, s.v., page 110

Questions about latrating

What does latrating mean?
Latrating means literally.
What is latrating the present participle and gerund of?
Latrating is the present participle and gerund of latrate.
What part of speech is latrating?
Latrating is an adjective.

Words near latrating in the dictionary

  1. latrants
  2. latrappite
  3. latrate
  4. latrated
  5. latrates
  6. latrating
  7. latration
  8. latrations
  9. latred
  10. latreia
  11. latreias

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