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neigh
[ ney ]
verb (used without object)
- to utter the cry of a horse; whinny.
noun
- the cry of a horse; whinny.
neigh
/ Աɪ /
noun
- the high-pitched cry of a horse; whinny
verb
- intr to make a neigh or a similar noise
- tr to utter with a sound like a neigh
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of neigh1
before 1000; Middle English ney ( gh ) en, Old English ǣ, cognate with Middle Dutch neyen, Old Saxon ŧ, Middle High German ŧ, Old High German hneigen, Old Norse hneggja; akin to Old Saxon hnechian; Middle Dutch nighen, Middle Low German nigen, Middle High German nyhen; and, with intrusion in the initial, Old Norse gneggja, Norwegian kneggja. See nag 2
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of neigh1
Old English ǣ; related to Old Saxon ŧ
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Across from them in their usual stalls stood the eight neighing horses.
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A little ways back, a horse neighed loudly.
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Horses neighed in terror, dogs stared into space, transfixed by the tremors, and in Central Park, an Egyptian obelisk “trembled from apex to pedestal,” according to a New York Times article dated Aug. 11, 1884.
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Eardrums drenched in the whirring neighs of 1,000 mechanical horses.
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Buttons was standing in front of the machine, bumping it with his nose and neighing.
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