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whinny

[ hwin-ee, win-ee ]

verb (used without object)

whinnied, whinnying.
  1. to utter the characteristic cry of a horse; neigh.


verb (used with object)

whinnied, whinnying.
  1. to express by whinnying.

noun

plural whinnies.
  1. a whinnying sound.

whinny

/ ˈɪɪ /

verb

  1. (of a horse) to neigh softly or gently
  2. to make a sound resembling a neigh, such as a laugh
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a gentle or low-pitched neigh
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of whinny1

1520–30; imitative; compare earlier whrinny, Latin 󾱲Բī
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of whinny1

C16: of imitative origin
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Welcoming visitors to the thatched-roof cottage she and her late husband bought soon after the war, she whimsically tweaks the ears of a mechanical horse named Dobin, making him whinny.

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Nuckels also produced a radio ad with narrator with a western drawl saying “Dirty Dan” was riding off into the sunset as horses whinny in the background.

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The helmet hit Sigurd’s horse on the flank, and the charger whinnied, spooked.

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Anya tensed, certain the creature from the arena had followed them somehow, but the sound of whinnying replaced that fear with a new one.

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My filly’s whinny, timid trill: I’m sitting by this icy rill, In wintry, frigid wild?

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