bray
🇺🇸
/breɪ/
🇬🇧
/breɪ/
noun
R
The sound a donkey makes.
The donkey's bray was so loud that it woke me up.
R
A loud and annoying way of talking or laughing.
Her laugh was a loud bray that could be heard across the room.
intransitive verb
R
To make the loud sound that a donkey does.
We heard the donkey bray early in the morning.
R
To talk or laugh out loud in an annoying way.
He brayed loudly at the joke.
translation
The sound a donkey makes.; A loud and annoying way of talking or laughing.
To make the loud sound that a donkey does.; To talk or laugh out loud in an annoying way.
Word Forms
3rd Present
brays
Past
brayed
Perfect
brayed
Progressive
braying
Plural
brays