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whinny
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
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.
Whinny \Whin"ny\, a. Abounding in whin, gorse, or furze.
A fine, large, whinny, . . . unimproved common.
--Sterne.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1520s, probably related to whine and ultimately imitative (compare Latin hinnire).
Wiktionary
n. A gentle neigh. vb. (context transitive intransitive of a horse English) To make a gentle neigh.
WordNet
Usage examples of "whinny".
Off the bedevilled wretches pranced, and they kicked, they snorted, whinnied, rolled, galloped, outflying the wind, but not the dismal rider.
But before she had time to make it there was a low growl from Wrolf and a warning whinny from Periwinkle, and instead of snapping she laughed.
Wrolf and Periwinkle were too dignified to dance or skip but Wrolf wagged his tail and Periwinkle whinnied on a high note of delight.
The wild and frantic band of mustangs that had circled the potrero that morning like marbles swirled in a jar could hardly be said to exist and the animals whinnied to one another in the dark and answered back as if some one among their number were missing, or some thing.
He had been too exhausted to explores too numbed by weariness to make inquiry, but he heard no young colts whinny, no stallion scream, and Ranse, the old horse trainer and stable hand had not appeared, dusty cap in hand, as of old.
The mare whinnied for them to follow and Khysmet trumpeted a note of agreement.
It shone as if lighted by a moving lamp from withinward, sniffed the sweet morning air and whinnied, pawing the grass of the waterside and tearing it up with its claws of gold.
He whinnied again when he saw the familiar paddocks and barns, and moved a little faster.
The door swung inward, and Buttonhook, lifting her head, greeted me with a soft whinny.
She ducked her head to keep them from sight and hoped her sniffle was lost as the horses whinnied and snorted.
His high shrill voice was mocked, his whinnying laugh was copied, his erudition thought beyond a joke, his elderliness worthy of the starring role in a farce.
Instantly the horses erupted around him with whinnying cries and stamping feet.
Whinnying, he skidded to a stop so fast that Marston was nearly thrown off.
Amid the screaming and whinnying, with the line that had been waiting to get on the bridge now spreading out along the stream preparing to swim, wade, or float across, Brady felt a wave of resignation come over him.
The captains thought of their youth, of war, of the groaning men who lay dying, of the women mourning, of the horses whinnying and standing on the field, bloodstained and riderless.