hylacticadj.
/hɪˈlaktɪk/ rare.
Of the nature of barking.
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yellowing1594
yelping1607
latrant1702
hylactic1860
1860 T. L. Peacock Gryll Grange vii, in Fraser's Mag. May 615 Lawyers barking at each other in that peculiar style of hylactic delivery which is called forensic eloquence.
Derivatives
hyˈlactism n. barking.
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the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > [noun] > bark or yelp > barking or yelping
yawping1576
latration1623
yellowing1652
yapping1668
hylactism1818
1818 P. B. Shelley Let. 6 Nov. (1964) II. 45 Two or three dogs who bark with a sharp hylactism.
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- to get up and go
- to get up bright and early
- to get up early
- to get up early in the morning
- to get up in a person's face
- to get up in the world
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- to get up off one's ass
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- to get up steam
- to get up the spout
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- to get upon
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- to get upon the finger ends
- to get upon the skuff
- to get used to
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