Thesaurus: whinny
To utter the ordinary call or cry of a horse; to neigh.
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Definitions
- v. i. To utter the ordinary call or cry of a horse; to neigh.
- n. The ordinary cry or call of a horse; a neigh.
- a. Abounding in whin, gorse, or furze.
- n. the characteristic sounds made by a horse
- v. make a characteristic sound, of a horse
- To utter the ordinary call or cry of a horse; to neigh. The ordinary cry or call of a horse; a neigh. "The stately horse . . . stooped with a low whinny." Tennyson. Abounding in whin, gorse, or furze. A fine, large, whinny, . . . unimproved common. Sterne.
- n:50/v:50 n the characteristic sounds made by a horse v make a characteristic sound, of a horse