bay at

bay at

To howl at. A: "What's that noise?" B: "Just some coyotes baying at the moon."
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

bay at something

to howl at something. (Usually said of a dog, wolf, or coyote.) The dogs were baying at the moon. We heard a coyote in the distance, baying at the moon.
See also: bay
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • on one's
  • on someone's
  • pillow-biter
  • (Have you) been OK?
  • (something) blows
  • out of one's
  • (I've) got to go
  • #dead
  • save someone's skin
  • (as) gay as a three-dollar bill
References in classic literature
Traffic making Table Mountain coastwise keep all lights from Three Anchor Bay at least two thousand feet under, and do not round to till East of E.
GIVE IT SOME STICK: Whitchurch under-11s in action against Swansea Bay at Newtown
Marie to an existing divided four-lane portion east of Echo Bay at Bar River.
However, scientists studying California's Monterey Bay have recorded five instances in the past dozen years when mud-choked swirls of unusually warm river water swept along the bottom of the bay at depths of nearly 1 kilometer.
Johnson says that teams of researchers studying the seafloor 200 km off Monterey Bay at a depth of about 4 km have detected increased amounts of suspended sediment at times when Johnson's sensors detected muddy currents.
Chlorophyll a commonly exists in Port Phillip Bay at one to two micrograms per litre, occasionally rising to 10.
My jogging along the bay at a moderately brisk pace had not given my new neighbors much of a gander at me.
A new marketing tool unveiled by Development Thunder Bay at the city's airport is a unique promotional vehicle that offers business clients and other passengers passing through the airport a quick glance at what Thunder Bay is all about, city officials say.
TeleTech Communications of Denver, Colo., announced in August plans to create about 500 jobs in North Bay at a new call centre to handle mostly inbound traffic, provide technical support and act as online representatives for a host of companies.
"Many of the proposed new fee increases and cost recoveries would impose substantial burdens on all Seaway users and would, therefore, place the Port of Thunder Bay at a greater economic disadvantage vis-a-vis our competitors on the West Coast and elsewhere," states the report.