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What is another word for barking?

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Present participle for to make a sharp explosive cry, especially that of a dog, fox, seal, etc.

Present participle for to say something quickly and irritably

Present participle for to remove the (natural) skin or outer covering of

Present participle for to give or make a loud shout, cry or call

Present participle for to announce or advertise, usually loudly

Present participle for to wear away or cause damage through applied friction

Present participle for to make a husky, squawking noise

Present participle for to engage in (typically meaningless or unimportant) conversation

Present participle for to solicit or ask for (business), especially aggressively

Present participle for to emit or cause to emit sound

Displaying a lack of sensibleness or good judgment

Of unsound mind, or seemingly so

Hacking or rasping

A loud howl or cry, especially from a canine

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Verb

Present participle for to make a sharp explosive cry, especially that of a dog, fox, seal, etc.

gnashing your teeth

“Before they got far away, the dog began to bark at a bear.”

Verb

Present participle for to say something quickly and irritably

saying brusquely

saying abruptly

speaking brusquely

speaking angrily

speaking abruptly

raising your voice

speaking sharply

rounding on someone

speaking roughly

speaking nastily

jumping down someone's throat

flying off the handle at

jumping down one's throat

taking it out on

bursting out with

letting everybody know

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“Kojiro never did anything except scream and yell and bark orders at everyone he came in contact with.”

Verb

Present participle for to remove the (natural) skin or outer covering of

breaking the skin of

removing the shells from

stripping the skin off

removing the skin from

making a mark on

taking the skin off

taking the rind off

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“But, when you tumble over and bark your shins, you are less than enamored by gravity.”

Verb

Present participle for to give or make a loud shout, cry or call

raising your voice

shouting loudly

speaking loudly

raising the roof

putting up a howl

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Verb

Present participle for to announce or advertise, usually loudly

Verb

Present participle for to wear away or cause damage through applied friction

gnawing away at

wearing to shreds

rubbing against

rubbing painfully

becoming threadbare

wearing threadbare

becoming ragged

becoming tattered

going into holes

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Verb

Present participle for to make a husky, squawking noise

Verb

Present participle for to engage in (typically meaningless or unimportant) conversation

Verb

Present participle for to solicit or ask for (business), especially aggressively

campaigning for

Verb

Present participle for to emit or cause to emit sound

Adjective

Displaying a lack of sensibleness or good judgment

non compos mentis

of unsound mind

sick in the head

mad as a hatter

stark raving mad

away with the fairies

nutty as a fruitcake

foaming at the mouth

mad as a March hare

round the twist

stark staring mad

not the full shilling

not right in the head

not quite right in the head

not right upstairs

as daft as a brush

have a screw loose

have bats in the belfry

have kangaroos in the top paddock

mentally unbalanced

out of one's head

feather-brained

off your trolley

soft in the head

slow on the uptake

dead from the neck up

out of the question

mentally incompetent

incomprehensible

thick as two short planks

not quite right

extremely foolish

stupidly irresponsible

out of one's gourd

out in left field

as thick as two short planks

wet behind the ears

off your rocker

out of one's mind

with a screw loose

touched in the head

hell-for-leather

lacking seriousness

inconsequential

counterintuitive

ill-thought-out

beyond the bounds of possibility

not making sense

out of the ordinary

worthy of scorn

beyond all reason

out of all reason

taking the cake

not tightly wrapped

devoid of intelligence

without foundation

self-contradictory

not worth considering

over-optimistic

highly unlikely

foolishly optimistic

beyond the realm of reason

head in the clouds

out of touch with reality

not remotely possible

without rhyme or reason

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Adjective

Of unsound mind, or seemingly so

of unsound mind

non compos mentis

mad as a hatter

away with the fairies

sick in the head

stark raving mad

nutty as a fruitcake

foaming at the mouth

stark staring mad

round the twist

mad as a March hare

not quite right in the head

not the full shilling

not right upstairs

not right in the head

as daft as a brush

have a screw loose

have bats in the belfry

have kangaroos in the top paddock

not in your right mind

off your trolley

off your rocker

with a screw loose

out of one's mind

around the bend

off one's gourd

psychopathological

out of one's head

out of one's tree

severely mentally ill

daft as a brush

a few cards shy of a full deck

a few sandwiches short of a picnic

one card shy of a full deck

one sandwich short of a picnic

not of sound mind

mentally deranged

out of one's gourd

deprived of one's wits

having a screw loose

manic-depressive

having kangaroos in the top paddock

two sandwiches short of a picnic

touched in the head

severely mentally disordered

out of one's skull

out of one's box

as mad as a March hare

in another world

off the deep end

as mad as a hatter

crazy as a loon

nutty as fruitcake

a bit lacking upstairs

discombobulated

soft in the head

few X short of a Y

out of your mind

through the roof

not knowing what to do with oneself

out of one's wit

slow on the uptake

thick as two short planks

not quite right

beside yourself

hot under the collar

in a cold sweat

hot and bothered

at the end of your tether

with Alzheimer's disease

not knowing if one is coming or going

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Adjective

Hacking or rasping

Noun

A loud howl or cry, especially from a canine

yelled statement

high-pitched shout

loud communication

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