Definitions
laugh loudly and harshly
Word origin
From Middle English brayen (“to break or crush into pieces”), from Anglo-Norman breier, Old French breie, breier, broiier (modern French broyer (“to crush, grind”)), possibly from Frankish *brekan (“to break”), from Proto-Germanic *brekaną (“to break”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break”); thus making the English word a doublet of break.
Used in a sentence
“Whenever I walked by, that donkey brayed at me.”
“He threw back his head and brayed with laughter.”
“Heard ye the din of battle bray, / Lance to lance, and horſe to horſe? / Long Years of havock urge their deſtined courſe, / And thro' the kindred ſquadrons mow their way.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Donkey cry”4 letters
02“Laugh loudly and harshly”4 letters
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