verb
General Slang
bray
· verb · geordie
To hit, beat, or thump someone — Geordie for giving them a hiding.
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Definitions
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To beat or thrash. Originally meant to pound or crush (as in braying something in a mortar), and the Geordie usage kept that flavour — a proper braying is not a slap, it's a hammering. Threat-of-violence currency on Tyneside.
“Say that again and I'll bray ye.”
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By extension, to thrash in a contest or argument — the way you'd say batter or hammer elsewhere.
“Sunderland got brayed five-nil at the weekend.”
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bray In A Sentence
Say that again and I'll bray ye.
Sunderland got brayed five-nil at the weekend.
Origin & Usage
From Middle English brayen, to crush in a mortar — retained in northern dialects as a word for beating.
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