Latrate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /læˈtreɪt/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Latrate is a verb meaning (rare) To bark; to make doglike noises.
Meaning
(rare) To bark; to make doglike noises.
Example Sentences
Latrate, to barke like a dog.
[…] Rip ought to know there wasn’t a beggar’s chance of catching one of the birds; all the silly, latrating dogs thus showed off.
I once saw a big dog plunging out furiously at 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.
With everything boiling over; with everyone rapping, yakking or latrating, it would restore dignity to a number of America’s newspapers if the objectivity of their reporting would harden in direct proportion to the subjectivity of the story being reported.
Word Forms
- latrates
- latrating
- latrated
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bark, blaff, roar, woof, yarr, blare.
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