[syn: neigh, nicker, whicker, whinny]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Whinny \Whin"ny\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whinnied; p. pr. & vb.
n. Whinnying.] [From Whine]
To utter the ordinary call or cry of a horse; to neigh.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Whinny \Whin"ny\, n.; pl. Whinnies.
The ordinary cry or call of a horse; a neigh. "The stately
horse . . . stooped with a low whinny." --Tennyson.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Whinny \Whin"ny\, a.
Abounding in whin, gorse, or furze.
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A fine, large, whinny, . . . unimproved common.
--Sterne.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
whinny
n 1: the characteristic sounds made by a horse [syn: neigh,
nicker, whicker, whinny]
v 1: make a characteristic sound, of a horse [syn: neigh,
nicker, whicker, whinny]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
43 Moby Thesaurus words for "whinny":
bark, bawl, bay, bell, bellow, blare, blat, blate, bleat, bray,
call, caterwaul, cry, give tongue, give voice, howl, low, meow,
mew, mewl, miaow, moo, neigh, nicker, pule, roar, screak, scream,
screech, squall, squeak, squeal, troat, ululate, wail, whicker,
whine, yap, yawl, yawp, yelp, yip, yowl