bray

When a donkey or similar animal does this, it makes its loud, rough call.

• The donkey began to bray.
• A mule brayed outside the barn.
• We heard the camels braying at dawn.

Similar words: blore, hee-haw

Common phrases: donkey bray, bray loudly, bray at someone

To make a loud, rough, unpleasant sound, especially when laughing or speaking.

• He brayed with laughter.
• A loud voice brayed across the room.
• They brayed at every joke the comedian told.

How to use it: bray with laughter (The man brayed with laughter at his own joke.)

Similar words: bellow, roar

Common phrases: bray with laughter, bray loudly, bray a greeting

The loud, rough call of a donkey or a similar animal.

• We heard a donkey’s bray.
• The mule let out a loud bray.
• Several brays came from the field.

Similar words: hee-haw

Common phrases: donkey bray, loud bray, let out a bray