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Braying

Of an animal (now chiefly of animals related to the ass or donkey, and the camel): to make its cry.

📖 Definitions of "Braying"

verb

1
Of an animal (now chiefly of animals related to the ass or donkey, and the camel): to make its cry.
"Whenever I walked by, that donkey brayed at me."
2
(by extension) To make a harsh, discordant sound like a donkey's bray.
"He threw back his head and brayed with laughter."
3
To make or utter (a shout, sound, etc.) discordantly, loudly, or in a harsh and grating manner.

verb

noun

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
hee-hawnoun	(countable) The cry of an ass or donkey.
crunchnoun	To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound.
mashnoun	(uncountable) A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state.
grindverb	(transitive) To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.
comminuteverb	(transitive) To pulverize; to smash.
bayingnoun	An instance of baying; a howl.
bleatingnoun	A noise that bleats.
bellowingnoun	The sound produced when someone or something bellows
blarenoun	A loud sound.
barkingnoun	The action of the verb to bark.
mooingnoun	The action of the verb moo; a mooing sound.
bawlingnoun	The act of one who bawls or shouts.
bleatnoun	The characteristic cry of a sheep or a goat.
buglingnoun	The act of playing a bugle.
shrillingnoun	A sound that shrills.
woofingnoun	Travelling to places for the purpose of volunteering on an organic farm there.
yappingnoun	A sound that yaps, especially the continued barking of a small dog.
yowlingnoun	A sound that yowls.
howlingnoun	The act of producing howls.
roaringnoun	A loud, deep, prolonged sound, as of a large beast; a roar.