The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word BRAY
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More clues leading to the result BRAY
- Animal noise originally recorded in sea inlet
- Sound of donkey in Berkshire village
- Run into horse, as donkeys do
- Speak harshly of ‘underwear yen’
- Support yen or pound
- Beastly sound from noted vicar’s abode
- Trumpet player’s final appearance in 8 area?
- Like an ass, bellow ‘Starter of battered fish!’
- Barnaby regularly makes ass noise
- Brown horse’s initially rough cry
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The straight part
We know that "Sound of donkey/Berkshire village" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case sound of donkey/berkshire village = bray.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does BRAY mean?
BRAY noun- The cry of an animal, now chiefly that of animals related to the ass or donkey, or the camel.
- (by extension) Any discordant, grating, or harsh sound.
- Of an animal (now chiefly of animals related to the ass or donkey, and the camel): to make its cry.
- (by extension) To make a harsh, discordant sound like a donkey's bray.
- To make or utter (a shout, sound, etc.) discordantly, loudly, or in a harsh and grating manner.
- To crush or pound, especially using a pestle and mortar.
- (by extension) To hit (someone or something).