[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]