Baying

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An instance of baying; a howl. countable, uncountable

    "1877, Charles Cayley (translator), Homer Iliad, book XXI Soon as he hears bayings, and is not alarm'd nor affrighted..."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of bay form-of, gerund, participle, present

    "The mob approached the castle, baying for royal blood."

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ululation

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"The mob approached the castle, baying for royal blood."

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