braying
present participle ofbray
bray
verb
uk/breɪ/us/breɪ/[I]
to make theloudnoisetypicalof adonkey(= ananimallike asmallhorsewithlongears):
Themulessuddenlystartedbraying.
[IorT]
to make aloud,unpleasantnoise:
They were all braying withlaughter.
"Come on,England!" he brayed.
She had aloud, brayinglaugh.
Animal (non-human) sounds
- baa
- bleat
- buzzy
- caterwauling
- chatter
- cockcrow
- coo
- cry
- hee-haw
- honk
- howling
- miaow
- moo
- peep
- purr
- quack
- squeak
- trill
- trumpet
- warble
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Shouting & screaming
Ways of speaking
Describing qualities of the human voice
Examplesofbraying
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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
I do not think they realised what an ugly sight that was, with their laughing,brayingfaces flushed with seven years of an overwhelming majority.
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Imagine their discomfiture if they find that, worse than a live band, they are to have a loudspeakerbrayingat them for hours at a time.
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If that person stopped when others started the originator and perpetrator of this offence—the mindless baying andbrayingof offensive language or animal sounds—might well get away with it.
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The violins alternate playing high, loud notes and low, buzzing ones (in the manner of a donkey'sbrayinghee-haw).
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The men met their deaths, amongst thebrayingmob, with calm and resolve.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The bird then waves its head from side to side,brayingloudly.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Preliminary analysis ofbrayingcalls and cluster analysis of morphometrics partially supported these results.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.When courting they will spread their wings, wave their heads, and rap their bills together, whilebraying.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Music critics have speculated that the movement is meant to compare music critics tobrayingdonkeys.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It utters a donkey-likebrayingcall around the breeding areas.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Another says that thebrayingof pack mules prompted the miners to use the singer's name in sarcastic humor.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She makes a harshbrayingsound when excited or distressed and is also prone to drooling.
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